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https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/186219#page/10/mode/1up Ronald D'Oyley Good (5 March 1896 – 11 December 1992) was a British botanist notable for his floristic regionalization.
Ronald D'Oyley Good | |
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Born | Dorchester, Dorset, England | 5 March 1896
Died | 11 December 1992 96) Kingston upon Hull, England | (aged
Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge |
Occupation | botanist |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | University of Hull |
Doctoral students | Eva Crackles |
Good was born in Dorchester. He studied botany at Downing College, Cambridge, where he obtained an MA and Sc.D. He worked at the Botany Department of the Natural history museum (1922–1928). He worked at the Botany Department at the University of Hull from 1928 until his retirement in 1959. He was the author of The Geography of the Flowering Plants (1947) a popular work in botany.[1][2]
The standard author abbreviation R.D.Good is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]
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