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<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Sources</span></span></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Biography ==<br /> <br /> Malcom Wilson (d. 1960) joined the staff of the [[Botany]] Department in 1911 as the first Lecturer in [[Mycology]] and [[Bacteriology]]. During the [[First World War]], he served as a Pathologist in the County of London War Hospital, but returned to the University at the close of hostilities. In 1923 he was promoted Reader and in 1924 was admitted a member of the [[Senatus Academicus]]. He retired in 1951.He died in Sheffield, where his son Graham Malcolm Wilson (1917-1977) was Professor of Therapeutics.<br /> <br /> == Research ==<br /> <br /> He is credited with extending the scope and importance of Mycology, both as a pure science and in its applications to agriculture and forestry. His eminence in the field was marked by his election as President of the British Mycological Society. He was a particular authority in the detection and treatment of dry-rot in buildings.<br /> <br /> == Sources ==<br /> <br /> *&#039;Obituary&#039;, &#039;&#039;University of Edinburgh Journal&#039;&#039;, 20 (1961-62), 86.<br /> [[Category:Academics|Wilson, Malcolm]]</div>

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