biography
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Ashby (of Brandon), Eric, Baron
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| lived:
| (1904–92)
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| biography:
| Botanist and educator, born in London, UK. He studied at London and Chicago universities, and was appointed professor of botany at Sydney University in 1938. He held the chair of botany at Manchester (1947–50), then became President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast (1950–9) and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University (1967–9). He chaired the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (1970–3). Knighted in 1956, he was created a life peer in 1973. |
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