Frederick Orpen Bower
1855–1948
Botanist. Graduated first class in the natural science tripos, Cambridge, 1877. Studied with Julius Sachs in Würzburg, 1877, and with Anton de Bary in Strasbourg, 1879. Assistant to Daniel Oliver at University College, London, 1880; lecturer in T. H. Huxley’s department at South Kensington, 1882. Professor of botany at Glasgow, 1885–1925. FRS 1891.
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Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
