Those scientists featured here are associated with research at Rothamsted. Short biographies of other scientists who lived in Harpenden are welcome
A Passion for Plants
Sir Edward Salisbury, botanist, 1886-1978
Joan Moore OBE (1920 - 1986)
Plant Pathologist, conservationist, gardener
Katherine Warington - 1897 to 1993
Distinguished Botanist - first to note importance of boron to plant growth
Margaret Holden ( c1922 - 1998)
Botanist, biochemist, local historian
Robert Warington FRS - 1838-1907
Agricultural Chemist at Rothamsted
Sir Frederick Bawden
Rothamsted Director 1958-1972
Sir John Bennet Lawes
Pioneer of Rothamsted Experimental Station
John Bennet LAWES jn - ornithologist?
An Ostrich, a Vulture, an Owl and a Golden Eagle
Hans Kalmus
Distinguished Geneticist and Biologist
Basil Kassanis F.R.S. 1911-1985
Rothamsted virus expert and sculptor
Norman Pirie F.R.S. 1907-1997
Leading Rothamsted Biochemist
Sir John Russell (1872-1965)
Director of Rothamsted 1912-43
Mike Westmacott and Griffith Pugh
Harpenden and the conquest of Everest in 1953