Revolutionary Botany: "Thalassiophyta" and Other Essays by A.H. Church

by Arthur Harry Church

The importance of Arthur Harry Church in both theoretical and practical aspects of botany is examined in this book, which collects together three of his many original and controversial contributions to Oxford Botanical Memoirs , including Thalassiophyta and the subaerial transmigration . Church was concerned with all aspects of plant evolution, painstakingly analysing floral structure, phyllotaxis, and algal life-cycles. This book includes some personal background on Church, and features some of his original plant sketches.

268 pages, Hardcover

First published December 3, 1981

About the author

Arthur Harry Church (28 March 1865 – 24 April 1937) was a British botanist and botanical illustrator. He was also a pioneer amateur photographer. From 1908 to his retirement in 1930 he was a lecturer in botany at Oxford University and was best known for his inspiring lectures.

His particular fields of interest were phyllotaxy, the development and arrangement of parts of the flower and one-celled sea plants.