Ronald William John Keay

Ronald William John Keay (May 20, 1920 – April 7, 1998) was a British botanist, who did much of his work in tropical Africa.[3]

Ronald William John Keay

CBE[1]
Born20 May 1920
Richmond Surrey[2]
DiedApril 7, 1998(1998-04-07) (aged 77)
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Keay

Keay was educated at the University of Oxford[1]. He was an expert in West African forest flora working at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and at the Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI), part of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), and was director of that institute from 1960-1962.[2][1]. He collected specimens in Rhodesia, Nigeria, West Cameroon, the Congo, Rhodesia and Zambia.[4].

During the 1970's and 80's he was a member, council member, treasurer and vice president of the Royal Society. After his retirement from the Royal Society he served as President of the Institute of Biology and also the Treasurer of the Linnean Society of London[5].

Publications

Books
  • Keay, RWJ (1989). Trees of Nigeria. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198545606.
  • Hutchinson J; Dalziel JM; Keay RWJ (1973). Flora of West Tropical Africa, Volume 1, Part 2. MillBank Crown Agents for Overseas Governments & Administrations. ISBN 0855920270. OCLC 833210804.
  • Richards P.W.; Keay R.W.J.; Aubréville A. (1959). Vegetation Map of Africa South of the Tropic of Cancer. Association pour l'étude taxonomique de la flore d'Afrique tropicale.
  • Levaux, P.; Brown, D.A.; Keay, Ronald W.J. (1984). Evaluation of the Community's Programme Scientific and Technical Training (Science and Technology). ISBN 92-825-4508-3.
  • Hutchinson, John; Dalziel, John McEwen; Keay, Ronald W.J.; Hepper, F.N. (1963). Flora of West Tropical Africa: the British west African territories, Liberia, the French and Portuguese territories south of latitude l8 ̊N. to Lake Chad, and Fernando Po. Volume 2 of Flora of west tropical Africa (2nd ed.). Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations. 544 pp.
  • Dalziel, J.M.; Hutchinson, J.; Keay, Ronald W.J. (1954). Glossary of Botanical Terms (Reprinted from The Flora of West Tropical Africa, for J. Hutchinson ... & J. M. Dalziel ... 2nd ed. revised by R.W.J.Keay ed.).
  • Jones, A.P.D.; Keay, Ronald W.J. (1948). The Natural Forest Inviolate Plot. Akure Forest Reserve, Ondo Province, Nigeria.

Conference Proceedings

Species named in his honour
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References
  1. Kemp, R.; Osmaston, H.; Webster, G.; Karani, P.; Sizomu-Kagolo, M. (1998). "ASSOCIATION AFFAIRS Obituaries:Ronald William John Keay CBE". The Commonwealth Forestry Review. 77 (3): 238–240. JSTOR 42608687.
  2. Keay, Ronald William John (1920-1998) JSTOR Plants
  3. Keay, Ronald William John (1920-1998. BnF (Bibliotheque Nationale de France).
  4. "Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries: Ronald William John Keay". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
  5. Marsden, J. (1998). "Obituary: Ronald Keay" (PDF). The Linnean. 14 (2): 52–53. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  6. IPNI.  Keay.
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