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Jack Heslop-Harrison, the Glossary

John Heslop-Harrison FRS FAAAS (10 February 1920 – 8 May 1998) was a British soldier and botanist.^[1]

39 relations: Aberystwyth University, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Baarn, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Birtley, Tyne and Wear, Botany, Brussels, Captain (armed forces), Cavity magnetron, Croonian Medal, Darwin Medal, Durham University, England, Fellow of the Royal Society, George Heslop-Harrison, GSK plc, John William Heslop-Harrison, Linnean Medal, Linnean Society of London, Middlesbrough, Newcastle University, Orkney, Queen's University Belfast, Rùm, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Medal, Royal Society, Second lieutenant, University College London, University of Bath, University of Birmingham, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Victory in Europe Day, World War I, World War II.
Linnean Medallists
People educated at Park View School

Aberystwyth University

Aberystwyth University (Prifysgol Aberystwyth) is a public research university in Aberystwyth, Wales.

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

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Baarn

Baarn is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, near Hilversum in the province of Utrecht.

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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

The Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society is an academic journal on the history of science published annually by the Royal Society.

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Birtley, Tyne and Wear

Birtley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear, England.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.

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Captain (armed forces)

The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.

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Cavity magnetron

The cavity magnetron is a high-power vacuum tube used in early radar systems and subsequently in microwave ovens and in linear particle accelerators.

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Croonian Medal

The Croonian Medal and Lecture is a prestigious award, a medal, and lecture given at the invitation of the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians.

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Darwin Medal

The Darwin Medal is one of the medals awarded by the Royal Society for "distinction in evolution, biological diversity and developmental, population and organismal biology".

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Durham University

Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal charter in 1837.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science, and medical science".

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George Heslop-Harrison

Dr George Heslop-Harrison FRSE (1911 – 3 June 1964) was a British entomologist.

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GSK plc

GSK plc (an acronym from its former name GlaxoSmithKline plc) is a British multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with global headquarters in London.

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John William Heslop-Harrison

John William Heslop Harrison, (1881–1967) was a professor of Botany at King's College, Durham University (now Newcastle University), specialising in the genetics of moths.

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Linnean Medal

The Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London was established in 1888, and is awarded annually to alternately a botanist or a zoologist or (as has been common since 1958) to one of each in the same year.

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Linnean Society of London

The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy.

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Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a town in North Yorkshire, England.

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Newcastle University

Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England.

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Orkney

Orkney (Orkney; Orkneyjar; Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.

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Queen's University Belfast

The Queen's University of Belfast, commonly known as Queen's University Belfast (Ollscoil na Banríona; abbreviated Queen's or QUB), is a public research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Rùm

Rùm, a Scottish Gaelic name often anglicised to Rum, is one of the Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland, in the district of Lochaber.

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Royal Army Ordnance Corps

The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army.

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) is the maintenance arm of the British Army that maintains the equipment that the Army uses.

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Royal Medal

The Royal Medal, also known as The Queen's Medal and The King's Medal (depending on the gender of the monarch at the time of the award), is a silver-gilt medal, of which three are awarded each year by the Royal Society, two for "the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge" and one for "distinguished contributions in the applied sciences", done within the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Royal Society

The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences.

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Second lieutenant

Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces.

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University College London

University College London (branded as UCL) is a public research university in London, England.

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University of Bath

The University of Bath is a public research university in Bath, England.

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University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a public research university in Birmingham, England.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

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Victory in Europe Day

Victory in Europe Day is the day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945; it marked the official end of World War II in Europe in the Eastern Front, with the last known shots fired on 11 May.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Heslop-Harrison

Also known as J. Heslop-Harrison.

Jack Heslop-Harrison, the Glossary

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Linnean Medallists

People educated at Park View School

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