Arthur Henry Reginald Buller
- Mason College
- The University of Birmingham
- Queen's College, Taunton
- University of Leipzig
- University of Munich
- 1851 Research Fellowship (1898–1901)
- Royal Medal (1937)
- Flavelle Medal (1929)
- Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
University of Manitoba
Arthur Henry Reginald Buller, FRSC, FRS (19 August 1874 – 3 July 1944) was a British-Canadian mycologist. He is mainly known as a researcher of fungi, especially wheat rust.[2]
Academic career
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Born in Moseley, Birmingham, England, he was educated at Queen's College, Taunton. He then studied at Mason College, which later became part of the University of Birmingham, (B.Sc. in 1896),[3] the University of Leipzig (Ph.D.), and the University of Munich. He was awarded a D.Sc. by the University of Birmingham. He worked briefly for the Naples Zoological Station. From 1901 to 1904, he was a lecturer in Botany at the University of Birmingham. He came to Canada in 1904, founded the Botany Department and was the first Professor of Botany and Geology at the University of Manitoba, and served as Head of the Botany Department until his retirement in 1936.[2]
His book Essays on Wheat (Macmillan, 1919) deals with the early history of wheat-growing in Manitoba, wheat-growing in western Canada, the discovery and introduction of Marquis wheat, the origin of the wheat varieties Red Bobs and Kitchener, and Palestine's wild wheat.[4][5][6] He wrote a 7-volume series Researches on Fungi published in 6 volumes from 1909 to 1934 with the 7th volume published posthumously in 1950.[7][8][9]
Poetry
He also wrote limericks, some of which were published in Punch, including this one on Einstein's special theory of relativity:[10]
There was a young lady named Bright,
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She started one day
In a relative way,
And returned on the previous night.A. H. Reginald Buller in Punch (19 December 1923): 591.
Honours
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) in 1909, and became its President in 1927.[1] He was the President of the British Mycological Society in 1914.[11] In 1929, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Flavelle Medal. In 1937, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).[1] He was a life member of the Mycological Society of America.
He was awarded honorary degrees from the University of Saskatchewan, University of Calcutta, University of Manitoba, and University of Pennsylvania. The Buller Building at the University of Manitoba, built in 1932, is named in his honour.
References
- ^ a b c Brooks, F. T. (1945). "Arthur Henry Reginald Buller. 1874-1944". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 5 (14): 50–59. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1945.0004. S2CID 161309176.
- ^ a b Estey, R H (September 1986). "A. H. R. Buller: Pioneer Leader in Plant Pathology". Annual Review of Phytopathology. 24 (1): 17–23. doi:10.1146/annurev.py.24.090186.000313. ISSN 0066-4286.
- ^ "University of London General Register part 3" (PDF). University of London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ Buller, Arthur Henry Reginald (1919). Essays on Wheat: Including the Discovery and Introduction of Marquis Wheat, the Early History of Wheat-growing in Manitoba, Wheat in Western Canada, the Origin of Red Bobs and Kitchener, and the Wild Wheat of Palestine.
- ^ Jackson, G. E. (1920). "Essays on Wheat by A. H. Reginald Buller (Review)". The Canadian Historical Review. 1 (2): 220–222. doi:10.3138/chr-01-02-br14. S2CID 249799063.
- ^ Russell, E. J. (1920). "Essays on Wheat by A. H. R. Buller". Nature. 105 (2634): 224–225. Bibcode:1920Natur.105..224R. doi:10.1038/105224a0. S2CID 4196205.
- ^ Buller, Arthur Henry Reginald (1922). Researches on Fungi. Vol. II: Further Investigations upon the Production and Liberation of Spores in Hymenomycetes.
- ^ Buller, A. H. Reginald (15 December 1950). Researches on Fungi, Vol. VII: The Sexual Process in the Uredinales. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781487596446.
- ^ Wehmeyer, Lewis E. (1951). "Review of Researches on Fungi: The Sexual Process in the Uredinales , Vol. VII. by A. H. Reginald Buller". Science. 113 (2938): 455–456. doi:10.1126/science.113.2938.455.
- ^ There Was a Young Lady Named Bright Whose Speed Was Far Faster Than Light, Quote Investigator, Dec 19, 2013, last accessed 2014-02-18.
- ^ Buller, AH Reginald (1914). "The fungus lore of the Greeks and Romans (presidential address)" (PDF). Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 5: 21–66. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(14)80007-7.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Buller.
- Goldsborough, Gordon. Reginald Buller: The Poet-Scientist of Mushroom City. Manitoba History Number 47, Spring/Summer 2004
External links
Media related to Arthur Henry Reginald Buller at Wikimedia Commons
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- A.H. Reginald Buller fonds. University of Manitoba. Mss 184, Pc 175 (A.98-31, A.04-25, A.08-62).
- "Arthur Henry Reginald Buller". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society (MHS)).
- Goldsborough, Gordon (2004). "Reginald Buller: The Poet-Scientist of Mushroom City". Manitoba History. Biography (47). MHS.
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Preceded by | President of the Royal Society of Canada 1927–1928 | Succeeded by Camille Roy |
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