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Awasthi, Dharani Dhar (1922-)
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Dharani Dhar
Last name
Awasthi
Initials
D.D.
Life Dates
1922 -
Collecting Dates
1953 - 1967
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Fungi
Organisation(s)
BM, COLO, M, NMW
Countries
Indian region: Sri Lanka, Nepal, IndiaNorth American region: United States
Associate(s)
Elix, John Alan (1941-) (editor)
Nash, Thomas Hawkes (1945-) (editor)
Weber, William Alfred (1918-) (student)
Wirth, Volkmar (1943-) (editor)
Nash, Thomas Hawkes (1945-) (editor)
Weber, William Alfred (1918-) (student)
Wirth, Volkmar (1943-) (editor)
Biography
Indian lichenologist. Dharani Awasthi studied at Lucknow University, where he gained his PhD in 1947. From 1952 he was a lecturer at the same university. He later obtained a further PhD at the University of Colorado, Boulder (1963).
Since the 1940s Awasthi's main focus has been the lichens of the Indian subcontinent, on which he has produced about 40 separate publications. A leading light in Indian lichenology, he has stimulated a great increase in research in this area. When he first began his research, very little was known about the lichen flora of India and most type specimens were held in European herbaria. Awasthi has made particular progress in making information available for students in his home country and building up a comprehensive herbarium. Among his publications are A Handbook of Lichens (2000) and A Compendium of the Macrolichens from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka (2007). He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and was the recipient of the Acharius Medal of the International Association for Lichenology in 1992.
Sources:
P Wolseley, 2008, The Lichenologist, 40: 267
I. Yoshimura, "Acharius Medalists: Dharani Awasthi", International Association for Lichenology:
http://www.lichenology.org/Awards/Acharius_Awasthi.html, accessed 11 February 2011.
Since the 1940s Awasthi's main focus has been the lichens of the Indian subcontinent, on which he has produced about 40 separate publications. A leading light in Indian lichenology, he has stimulated a great increase in research in this area. When he first began his research, very little was known about the lichen flora of India and most type specimens were held in European herbaria. Awasthi has made particular progress in making information available for students in his home country and building up a comprehensive herbarium. Among his publications are A Handbook of Lichens (2000) and A Compendium of the Macrolichens from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka (2007). He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and was the recipient of the Acharius Medal of the International Association for Lichenology in 1992.
Sources:
P Wolseley, 2008, The Lichenologist, 40: 267
I. Yoshimura, "Acharius Medalists: Dharani Awasthi", International Association for Lichenology:
http://www.lichenology.org/Awards/Acharius_Awasthi.html, accessed 11 February 2011.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 39; Harrison, S.G., Ind. Coll. Welsh Nat. Herb. (1985): 13;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Dharani Dhar
Last name
Awasthi
Initials
D.D.
Life Dates
1922 -
Collecting Dates
1953 - 1967
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Fungi
Organisation(s)
BM, COLO, M, NMW
Countries
Indian region: Sri Lanka, Nepal, IndiaNorth American region: United States
Associate(s)
Elix, John Alan (1941-) (editor)
Nash, Thomas Hawkes (1945-) (editor)
Weber, William Alfred (1918-) (student)
Wirth, Volkmar (1943-) (editor)
Nash, Thomas Hawkes (1945-) (editor)
Weber, William Alfred (1918-) (student)
Wirth, Volkmar (1943-) (editor)
Biography
Indian lichenologist. Dharani Awasthi studied at Lucknow University, where he gained his PhD in 1947. From 1952 he was a lecturer at the same university. He later obtained a further PhD at the University of Colorado, Boulder (1963).
Since the 1940s Awasthi's main focus has been the lichens of the Indian subcontinent, on which he has produced about 40 separate publications. A leading light in Indian lichenology, he has stimulated a great increase in research in this area. When he first began his research, very little was known about the lichen flora of India and most type specimens were held in European herbaria. Awasthi has made particular progress in making information available for students in his home country and building up a comprehensive herbarium. Among his publications are A Handbook of Lichens (2000) and A Compendium of the Macrolichens from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka (2007). He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and was the recipient of the Acharius Medal of the International Association for Lichenology in 1992.
Sources:
P Wolseley, 2008, The Lichenologist, 40: 267
I. Yoshimura, "Acharius Medalists: Dharani Awasthi", International Association for Lichenology:
http://www.lichenology.org/Awards/Acharius_Awasthi.html, accessed 11 February 2011.
Since the 1940s Awasthi's main focus has been the lichens of the Indian subcontinent, on which he has produced about 40 separate publications. A leading light in Indian lichenology, he has stimulated a great increase in research in this area. When he first began his research, very little was known about the lichen flora of India and most type specimens were held in European herbaria. Awasthi has made particular progress in making information available for students in his home country and building up a comprehensive herbarium. Among his publications are A Handbook of Lichens (2000) and A Compendium of the Macrolichens from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka (2007). He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and was the recipient of the Acharius Medal of the International Association for Lichenology in 1992.
Sources:
P Wolseley, 2008, The Lichenologist, 40: 267
I. Yoshimura, "Acharius Medalists: Dharani Awasthi", International Association for Lichenology:
http://www.lichenology.org/Awards/Acharius_Awasthi.html, accessed 11 February 2011.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 39; Harrison, S.G., Ind. Coll. Welsh Nat. Herb. (1985): 13;
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