| E. J. H. Corner AKA Edred John Henry Corner Born: 12-Jan-1906
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 14-Sep-1996
Location of death: Cambridge, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Botanist Nationality: England
Executive summary: Durian theory English Botanist Edred John Henry Corner was an expert on fungi, tropical trees, palms. He developed the Durian theory, a comprehensive overview of the origin and evolution of tropical plants. Father: Edred Moss Corner (physician/medical writer, b. 1873, d. 1950)
Mother: Henrietta Henderson Corner (b. 1872, d. 1966)
Wife: (m. twice, one son, one daughter)
High School: Rugby School, Rugby, Warwickshire, England (1925)
University: BS Botany, Cambridge University (1929)
Administrator: Assistant Director, Singapore Botanic Gardens (1926-46)
Teacher: Tropical Botany, Cambridge University (1949-59)
Teacher: Plant Taxonomy, Cambridge University (1959-65)
Professor: Tropical Botany, Cambridge University (1965-73)
Commander of the British Empire
Darwin Medal 1960
Patron's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society 1966
Linnean Medal 1970
Japanese International Prize for Biology 1985
UN Official UNESCO Scientific Officer for Latin America:1947-48
Linnean Society of London
Royal Geographical Society
Royal Horticultural Society
Royal Society
English Ancestry
Author of books:
Wayside Trees of Malaya (1952)
Natural History of Palms (1966)
Boletus in Malaysia (1972)
The Seeds of Dicotyledons (1976)
The Marquis: A Tale of Syonan-to (1981, biography of Yoshichika Tokugawa)
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