Scagel, Robert Francis (1921-)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Robert Francis
Last name
Scagel
Initials
R.F.
Life Dates
1921 -
Collecting Dates
1944 - 1986
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae
Organisation(s)
UBC (main), CAN, FH, GRA, L, MAU, NY
Countries
Australasia: Australia, New ZealandNorth American region: Canada, United StatesPacific region: FijiEurope: FranceJapanese region: JapanTropical Africa: Kenya, Somalia, TanzaniaMadagascan region: MadagascarMascarenes: MauritiusSouthern Africa: Mozambique, South AfricaChinese region: SingaporeWestern Asia: Yemen
Associate(s)
Celestino, J.L. (fl. 1969) (co-collector)
Garbary, David J. (1953-) (co-author)
Hamblett, K. (fl. 1969) (co-collector)
Papenfuss, George Frederick (Frederik) (1903-1981) (co-collector)
Scagel, C. (fl. 1980) (co-collector)
Biography
Canadian phycologist Robert Scagel served in the Department of Botany at the University of British Columbia (UBC) from 1952-1986.

While studying for his BSc and MSc at UBC (1946-1948), Scagel collected marine algae in both British Columbia and northern Washington state. He then undertook a PhD at the University of California, before returning to UBC, where he built up the phycological collection to comprise more than 67,000 specimens. In particular, the collection represents material from the western seaboard of North America.

Scagel is the author of the Guide to Common Seaweeds of British Columbia (1967) and Plant Diversity, An Evolutionary Approach (1969). Following his retirement, he was made Professor Emeritus and note devotes his time to watercolour art.

Sources:
UBC Herbarium, Algal Collection:
www.biodiversity.ubc.ca/museum/herbarium/algae/index.html, accessed 5 October 2012
Ginkgo Studio Gallery:
www.members.shaw.ca/GinkgoStudio/index.htm, accessed 5 October 2012.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 563; Dorr, L.J. Pl. Collectors Madagasc. Comoro Is. (1997): 423; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. S (1986): 829;
Scagel, Robert Francis (1921-)
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