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Code	DS/UK/7
Name	Ward; Harry Marshall (1854-1906)
Dates and Places	Born 21 March 1854 in Hereford; Died 26 August 1906 in Torquay, Devon
Biography	BA Cantab 1879. Dsc 1892. FRS 1888. FLS. 1886. Assistant Lecturer, Owens College, Manchester, 1883-85. Professor of Botany, Royal Indian Engineering College, Coopers Hill, 1885-95. Professor of Botany, Cambridge, 1895-1906. President, British Mycological Society 1900-1901.
Surname	Ward
Forenames	Harry Marshall
History	Eldest son of Francis Marshall Ward. Worked in laboratories in Germany in the year 1880. Investigated coffee leaf disease in Ceylon for the years 1880-1882 on behalf of the Colonial Office,but could not find a way to prevent it. In 1883 he married Selina Mary Kingdon, the eldest daughter of Francis Kingdon of Exeter. The marriage produced a daughter, Winifred Mary Kingdon-Ward, and a son, Francis Kingdon-Ward. He then pursued a successful career in acadaemia. In 1892-1899 he researched the bacteriology of water in collaboration with Percy Frankland, this time on behalf of the Royal Society. Later, he researched the impact of rusts on the genus Bromus. He was one of the founding members of the ANNALS OF BOTANY journal.
Rules	International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Source	Ray Desmond DICTIONARY OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS AND HORTICULTURALISTS Taylor and Francis 1994.
Source	VIAF 8168537

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MCR/1/1/25	Forest School	14 Jan 1882-15 Aug 1902
MCR/1/1/42	South Kensington Museum: Science and Art Department	17 Dec 1855-1912

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