Ronald Karslake Starr Wood
Encyclopedia
Ronald Karslake Starr Wood FRS (born 8 April 1919) is a British plant pathologist, and Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology in the Imperial College London
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. During World War II
, he worked at the Ministry of Aircraft Production.
He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
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Life
He was awarded a Royal Scholarship to attend Imperial College London, where he studied with William BrownWilliam Brown
-Academics:*William Jethro Brown , Australian jurist and professor of law*William E. Brown , president of Cedarville University*William Arthur Brown, , academic, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge...
. During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, he worked at the Ministry of Aircraft Production.
He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
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Works
- Physiological plant pathology, Blackwell Scientific, 1967
- Disease in higher plants, Oxford University Press, 1974, ISBN 0199141614
- "Physiological Plant Pathology Comes of Age", Annual Review of Phytopathology, Vol. 25: 26-40 (September 1987)