Ronald Good

Ronald D'Oyley Good
Born(1896-03-05)5 March 1896
Dorchester, Dorset, England
Died11 December 1992(1992-12-11) (aged 96)
Kingston upon Hull, England
Alma materDowning College, Cambridge
Occupationbotanist
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUniversity of Hull
Doctoral studentsEva Crackles

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.

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]

  1. ^ "Obituary: Professor Ronald Good". The Independent.
  2. ^ Moreira-Munoz, Andres. (2011). Plant Geography of Chile. Springer. p. 135. ISBN 978-90-481-8747-8 "The English botanist Ronald Good (1896–1992) published the first edition of The Geography of the Flowering Plants in 1947. The work became one of the most popular books in the field, reaching four editions and two reprints between 1947 and 1974."