Professor Charles Henry Gimingham OBE FRSE, born 28 April 1923, a British applied botanist, past President of the British Ecological Society, and a world authority on heathlands and heathers. OBE can mean several things, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, distinction of honour. ... The Royal Society of Edinburghs Building on the corner of George St. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... British Ecological Society (BES) is a professional society for ecologists located in the United Kingdom. ... Heather may be: In botany, the plant Calluna vulgaris, or, more loosely, various species of the closely related genera Erica and Cassiope, low evergreen shrubs (also called heaths). The term is also used to describe land which is vegetated with these plants; In apparel or textiles, interwoven yarns with a...

Background

Gimingham’s father was another Charles Henry Gimingham, an eminent British entomologist who was President of the Association of Applied Biologists. Entomology is the scientific study of insects. ...

Education

He was educated at Gresham's School, Holt and Aberdeen University, graduating as Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy. Gresham’s School is an independent boarding school at Holt in North Norfolk, England, founded in the year 1555, a member of the HMC. // The Senior School of Greshams was established at Holt by Sir John Gresham in 1555, during the reign of Queen Mary I. Early records are... Holt is a market town in the county of Norfolk, England. ... University of Aberdeen Motto: Initium sapientiae timor domini (The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom) Logo © University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen is a university in Aberdeen, Scotland, founded by William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen in 1495 as Kings College. ...

Outline of Career

• Reader in Botany, University of Aberdeen
• Regius Professor of Botany, University of Aberdeen, 1981-1988
• Editorial Board, Botanical Journal of Scotland
• Convenor of English Nature Heathlands Committee, 1981-1995
• Member, Advisory Board of Robert Gordon University Heritage Unit
• Member, Scientific Advisory Panel of RSK Environment Ltd
• Member, Mar Lodge Estate Management Committee of National Trust for Scotland
• Editor of the Outline Studies in Ecology series
• Prolific reviewer for New Phytologist, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, and Journal of Tropical Ecology

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Honours

• 1961 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• 1974 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• 1986 President of the British Ecological Society
• 1988 Emeritus Professor, University of Aberdeen
• President of the Heather Trust

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Books

• Ecology of Heathlands (Chapman and Hall, London, 1972) ISBN 0412104601
• An Introduction to Heathland Ecology (Oliver & Boyd, 1975) ISBN 0050028766
• Methods for the Measurement of the Primary Production of Grassland (with C. Milner, R. E. Hughes, G. R. Miller and R. O. Slayter, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1968) ISBN 0397601832
• The Lowland Heathland Management Handbook (English Nature, Peterborough, 1992)
• Ecology, Conservation and Land Use of the Cairngorms (Packard Publishing, 1999, ed.) ISBN 1853411175

Publications

• A Note on Water-Table, Sand Movement and Plant Distribution in a North African Oasis
• Tussock Formation in Ammophila arenaria (with P. Greig-Smith and A. R. Gemmell, New Phytologist, Vol. 46, 1947)
• The Use of Life Form and Growth Form in the Analysis of Community Structure as Illustrated by a Comparison of Two Dune Communities (Journal of Ecology, 1951)
• Investigation of Correlations between Growth Form and Habitat in Mosses (with Miss E.M. Burnett, British Bryological Society, 1952)
• Development of a Soil Microflora in Relation to Plant Succession on Sand- Dunes, Including the Rhizosphere Flora Associated with Colonizing Species (with D. M. Webley and D. J. Eastwood, Journal of Ecology, 1952)
• A Note on the Behaviour of Ammophila arenaria (L) Link. in relation to sand-dune formation (with A. R Gemmell and P. Greig-Smith, Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 1953)
• Ecological Studies on Growth-Form in Bryophytes: I. Correlations Between Growth-Form and Habitat (with Evelyn M. Birse, Journal of Ecology, 1957)
• Biological Flora of the British Isles: Calluna vulgaris (Journal of Ecology, 1960)
• Calluna Salisb. (Journal of Ecology, 1960)
• North European Heath Communities: A Network of Variation (Journal of Ecology, 1961)
• The Effects of Fire on Regeneration of Calluna Vulgaris (with E. Whittaker, Journal of Ecology, 1962)
• Litter Production by Calluna Vulgaris (L.) Hull (with E. Cormack, Journal of Ecology, 1964)
• The Monoculture of Heather Calluna Vulgaris and its effects on Hill Grazings (1960)
• Vegetative Regeneration of Calluna Vulgaris after Fire (with A. J. Kayll, Journal of Ecology, Vol. 53, 1965)
• Interpretation of a Vegetational Mosaic on Limestone in the Island of Gotland (with N. M. Pritchard and R. M. Cormack, Journal of Ecology, 1966)
• Quantitative Community Analysis and Bryophyte Ecology on Signy Island (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1967)
• The Description and Interpretation of Cyclical Processes in a Heath Community: I. Vegetational Change in Relation to the Calluna Cycle (with P. Barclay-Estrup, Journal of Ecology, 1969)
• The Morphology of Vegetative Regeneration in Calluna vulgaris (with B. F. Mohamed, New Phytologist, 1970)
• The Loch of Strathbeg (with W. R. P. Bourne, N. C. Morgan and R. H. Britton, Nature 242, 1973)
• Some Effects of Fire and Grazing on Heath Vegetation (with R.J. Hobbs, Bulletin of Ecology, 1980)
• Conservation: European Heathlands (in Ecosystems of the World, ed. R.L. Sprecht, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1981)
• The Effects of Planting Technique on the Growth of Ammophila arenaria (with R. J. Hobbs and W. T. Band, Journal of Applied Ecology, 1983)
• Ecological Effects of Heather Burning: I. Water Infiltration, Moisture Retention and Porosity of Surface Soil (with A. U. Mallik and A. A. Rahman, Journal of Ecology, 1984)
• Germination and Establishment of Seedlings in Different Phases of the Calluna Life-Cycle in a Scottish Heathland (with E. Dehullu, Vegetatio, 1984)
• Studies on Fire in Scottish Heathland Communities: I. Fire Characteristics (with R. J. Hobbs, Journal of Ecology, 1984)
• Studies on Fire in Scottish Heathland Communities II. Post-Fire Vegetation Development (with R. J. Hobbs, Journal of Ecology, 1984)
• Studies on Fire in Scottish Heathland Communities: III. Vital Attributes of the Species (with R. J. Hobbs and A. U. Mallik, Journal of Ecology, 1984)
• The Use of Thermocolour Pyrometers in the Study of Heath Fire Behaviour (with R. J. Hobbs and J. E. P. Currall, Journal of Ecology, 1984)
• Ecological Effects of Heather Burning: II Effects on Seed Germination and Vegetative Regeneration (with A. U. Mallik, Journal of Ecology, 1985)
• Vegetation, Fire and Herbivore Interactions in Heathland (with R. J. Hobbs , Advances in Ecological Research, 1987)
• Harnessing the Winds of Change: Heathland Ecology in Retrospect and Prospect: Presidential Address to the British Ecological Society, December 1986 (Journal of Ecology, 1987)
• Experimental Investigation of Bryophyte Interactions on a Dry Heathland (with E. Scandrett, Journal of Ecology, 1989)
• A Model of Calluna Population-Dynamics - the Effects of Varying Seed and Vegetative Regeneration (with E. Scandrett, Vegetatio, 1989)
• Coastal Sand Dunes, proceedings of the Symposium organised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (with W Ritchie, BB Willetts and AJ Willis, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1989)
• Succession from Heather Moorland to Birch Woodland: I Experimental Alteration of Specific Environmental Conditions in the Field (with A. J. Hester and J. Miles, Journal of Ecology, 1991)
• Succession from Heather Moorland to Birch Woodland: II Growth and Competition Between Vaccinium Myrtillus, Deschampsia Flexuosa and Agrostis Capillaris (with A. J. Hester and J. Miles, Journal of Ecology, 1991)
• The Effect of Heather Beetle Lochmaea Suturalis on Vegetation in a Wet Heath in NE Scotland (with Eurig Scandrett, Ecography, 1991)
• Succession from Heather Moorland to Birch Woodland: III Seed Availability, Germination and Early Growth (with A. J. Hester and J. Miles, Journal of Ecology, 1991)
• Seed-Shedding in a Scottish Heath Community (with P. Barclay-Estrup, Journal of Vegetation Science, 1994)
• An Overview of Scottish Habitats (Botanical Journal of Scotland, 2002)

References

• Professor C.H. Gimingham at Aberdeen University
• C.H. Gimingham at Amazon
• Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• English Nature
• The Heather Trust
• Methods for the Measurement of the Primary Production of Grassland
• Scottish Natural Heritage