Speaker, Ian Whitehead - Botany of the Southern Cape
Mon, Feb 9th 2015 at 12:00 am - 2:00 am
A CHANGE OF SPEAKER - Ian Whitehead will give an illustrated talk with fabulous slides entitled " A Botanist in The Western Cape, South Africa"
Ian Whitehead say " I cannot really remember when I first became interested in wildlife, but it must have been from the age of about 7.
Whilst at school I followed an interest in natural history with great passion and won many prizes. I also studied biology, chemistry and physics to A-level and then took a degree in Natural Sciences at Cambridge University (specialising in botany). It was during this time that the interest in the biochemical side of toxins developed. It was also in my time at university that I first went to Norway with a project to date some terminal moraines in Western Norway (and I have returned each year since).
After graduating I pursued a career in teaching, starting at Malvern College and ending as Head of Science in a large 11-18 comprehensive school, before I took the opportunity of early retirement in 1996, which has enabled me to spend more time chasing down those species that had eluded me for many years."
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