Frederick Keeble
Sir Frederick William Keeble, CBE, FRS (2 March 1870 – 19 October 1952) was a British biologist, academic, and scientific adviser, who specialised in botany. He was Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford from 1920 to 1927 and Fullerian Professor of Physiology at the Royal Institution from 1937 to 1941.
Sir Frederick Keeble | |
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Born | Westminster, England | 2 March 1870
Died | 19 October 1952 82) Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England | (aged
Citizenship | British |
Education | Alleyn's School Dulwich College |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Spouses | Mathilde Marie Cécile Maréchal (1898 to 1915; her death) Lillah McCarthy (1920 to 1952; his death) |
Children | One daughter |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1913) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1917) Knight Bachelor (1922) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biology Botany |
Institutions | Victoria University of Manchester University College, Reading University of Oxford Royal Institution |
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