Alan Mitchell (4 November 1922 - 3 August 1995) was a British forester, dendrologist and botanist, and author of several books on trees. November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A decidous beech forest in Slovenia. ... Dendrology, from the Ancient Greek dendron meaning tree and logos meaning study, is the science of trees, and more generally the study of woody vegetation. ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ...

He almost single-handedly measured every notable tree in the British Isles, founding the Tree Register of the British Isles (T.R.O.B.I.), which held records of over 100,000 individual notable trees at the time of his death. The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ...

Selected bibliography

• 1972. Conifers in the British Isles. A Descriptive Handbook. Forestry Commission Booklet 33.
• 1974. A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins. ISBN 0002120356
• 1982. The Trees of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins. ISBN 0002190370 (hbk) ISBN 0002190354 (pbk)
• 1985 (with V. E. Hallett & J. E. J. White). Champion Trees in the British Isles. Forestry Commission Field Book 10.
• 1996 (published posthumously). Alan Mitchell's Trees of Britain. HarperCollins. ISBN 0002199726

External links

• Tree Register of the British Isles
• Obituary