Malcolm Wilson (d. 1960)

Biography

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.

Research

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.

Sources

• 'Obituary', University of Edinburgh Journal, 20 (1961-62), 86.