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David Clouston

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David Clouston FRSE (13 December 1871 – 18 April 1948) was a Scottish agriculturalist, horticulturalist and author. He served as Agricultural Advisor to India from 1923 to 1929. His expertise lay especially in the subject of grasses.

Biography

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He was born on Orkney on 13 December 1871.

He studied agriculture to postgraduate level at the University of Edinburgh, receiving his D.Sc. in 1935.[1]

In 1932, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposers were James Drever, Sir William Wright Smith, Ernest Shearer and Sir Thomas Henry Holland.[2][3]

He died in St Ola on Orkney on 18 April 1948, aged 76.

Publications

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See[4]

  • Lessons on Indian Agriculture (1920)
  • Identification of Grasses in Non-flowering Condition
  • Plant Diseases of the Garden (1932)
  • From the Orcades to Ind (1936)
  • The Establishment and Care of Fine Turf for Lawns and Sports Grounds (1939)
  • The Story of the Orkney and Zetland Association (1946)

References

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  1. ^ Clouston, David (1935). "The identification of grasses by leaf anatomy". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ C D Waterston; A Macmillan Shearer (July 2006). Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. ^ Nature Magazine: 12 March 1932
  4. ^ "David Clouston". Amazon. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
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