Tansley at age 78
Tansley at age 78 he still
enjoyed fieldwork, as here in County Wicklow,
Ireland during the International Phytogeographical
Excursion to Newbridge Fen. Photograph by
Dr Eric Hulten (Head of Botanical Department
of the Swedish Natural History Museum of
Stockholm).
A young Arthur Tansley
A young Arthur Tansley at
the meeting of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science held in Glasgow
in 1901 (courtesy of the University of Glasgow).
Tansley and his brother-in-law Frederick
Frost Blackman
Tansley and his brother-in-law
Frederick Frost Blackman, a distinguished
plant physiologist. Together with FF’s
brother, Vernon, they formed the core of
the ‘Botanical bolsheviks’.
(Copyright reserved; collection National
Portrait Gallery, London).
A contemplative Tansley at his desk
A contemplative Tansley at
his desk. He undertook a heavy workload,
leaving his wife, Edith, and their servants
to carry out even the smallest household
duties (Copyright reserved; collection National
Portrait Gallery, London).
The Naturalists’
The Naturalists’. A
portrait of Tansley with AS Watt and others.
His company on field trips was said to be
delightful, even though, as friends would
recollect, nothing was allowed to deflect
him from tea around four o’clock (courtesy
of Natural England).
Tansley near Corfe Castle in 1954
Tansley near Corfe Castle
in 1954, during a field excursion from Furzebrook
Research Station, Dorset (courtesy of the
President and Fellows of Magdalen College,
Oxford).
Bookplate designed by Tansley in 1896
Bookplate designed by Tansley
in 1896, it honours those botanists, Sachs,
de Bary, Pfeffer and writers Shakespeare,
Balzac, Shelley, he most admired.
Memorial plaque
A memorial plaque is attached
to a sarsen stone set at the point from
which Tansley admired the view of Kingley
Vale. The memorial was re-dedicated by the
British Ecological Society, English Nature
and the New Phytologist Trust 2005 (courtesy
Natural England).
The view from Kingley Vale
The view from Kingley Vale
southward towards Chichester was regarded
by Tansley as the finest in England. He
ensured that Kingley Vale was protected
when in 1952 it became one of the first
National Nature Reserves to be acquired
by the Nature Conservancy (courtesy of Ian
Alexander).
The Field-Laboratory on the occasion
of the first visit in 1904
The Field-Laboratory on the occasion
of the first visit in 1904, Bouche d' Erquy, France.
Soil weighing and salt-determinations are in progress
in the foreground: the figures behind are engaged
in driving a soil-borer into the earth. The workers
from left to right are EAN Arber, WC Wordsell,
FF Blackman and 'at the balance room' Miss Frances
Chick.
