Matthew Young Orr

Matthew Young Orr FRSE (1883-1953) was a 20th-century British botanist and a specialist on conifers.[1]

Life

He studied Botany at University College, Cardiff.

From 1906 to 1913 he lectured in Botany at the University of Cardiff. In 1913 he moved to Edinburgh to oversee the Royal Botanic Gardens.

In the First World War he served as a lieutenant in the 7th battalion Royal Scots in Gallipoli and Palestine. He was later promoted to captain.[2]

He returned to the Royal Botanic Gardens after the war and worked under William Wright Smith. He later worked with both John Macqueen Cowan and Roland Edgar Cooper.

In 1932 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir William Wright Smith, Malcolm Wilson, John Macqueen Cowan and Alexander Nelson.[3]

He died on 9 September 1953.

References

  1. ↑ Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists, Ray Desmond
  2. ↑ http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C721650
  3. ↑ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  4. ↑ IPNI.  Orr.



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