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Dr Colin Houghton Cadman FRSE (1916–1971) was a Scottish botanist who served as Director of the Scottish Horticultural Institute 1956 to 1971. He specialised in plant pathology, with a detailed knowledge relating to raspberries. He was also President of the Association of Applied Mycologists and President of the Association of Applied Biologists.
Life
He was born in Glasgow on 16 July 1916. He studied at Liverpool University and later received a PhD from Edinburgh University.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1950 one of his proposers being Sir William Wright Smith.
He lectured in the Department of Biological Sciences at Dundee University.
He died in Edinburgh on 27 September 1971 and is buried in Warriston Cemetery.
Family
He was unmarried and had no children.
Works
See
- Annals of Applied Biology (1971)
- "COLIN HOUGHTON CADMAN: 1916–1971". Wiley.com. Retrieved 2015-07-29.