Arthur Tansley
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British botanist (1871–1955)
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Key facts
- Born
- Arthur George Tansley , ( 1871-08-15 ) 15 August 1871, London , England
- Died
- 25 November 1955 (1955-11-25) (aged 84), Grantchester , England
- Known for
- New Phytologist , British Ecological Society , Ecosystem concept
- Spouse s
- Edith, Lady Tansley ( née Chick)
- Awards
- Linnean Medal (1941) , Fellow of the Royal Society
- Notable students
- Alexander Watt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Educated at
- Highgate School
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Linnean Medal
- Notable work
- New Phytologist
- Field of work
- ecosystem
- Image
- Arthur-Tansley-1893.jpg
- Residence
- England
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- date of birth
- 1871-08-15
- date of death
- 1955-11-25
- influenced by
- Eugenius Warming
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- Arthur Tansley
- Commons category
- Arthur George Tansley
- student
- Winifred Mary Curtis
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- Luirojärvi
- collection items at
- Natural History Museum
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Arthur George Tansley FLS, FRS (15 August 1871 – 25 November 1955) was an English botanist and a pioneer in the science of ecology.
Educated at Highgate School, University College London and Trinity College, Cambridge, Tansley taught at these universities and at Oxford, where he served as Sherardian Professor of Botany until his retirement in 1937. Tansley founded the New Phytologist in 1902 and served as its editor until 1931. He was a pioneer of the science of ecology in Britain, being heavily influenced by the work of Danish botanist Eugenius Warming, and introduced the concept of the ecosystem into biology. Tansley was a founding member of the first professional society of ecologists, the Central Committee for the Survey and Study of British Vegetation, which later organised the British Ecological Society, and served as its first president and founding editor of the Journal of Ecology. Tansley also served as the first chairman of the British Nature Conservancy.
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