George Claridge Druce, MA, LLD, JP, FRS, FLS (23 May 1850 – 29 February 1932) was an English botanist and a Mayor of Oxford. Doctor of Laws ( Latin: Legum Doctor, LLD) is a Doctorate -level Academic degree in Law. A Justice of the Peace ( JP) is a Puisne Judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 The Linnean Society of London is the World 's premier society for the study and dissemination of Taxonomy and natural history Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life The first known Mayor of Oxford in England was probably Laurence Kepeharm (1205–1207? Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire,
G. Claridge Druce was born at Potterspury on Watling Street in Northamptonshire. Potterspury is a village in the district of South Northamptonshire in the English county of Northamptonshire. Watling Street is the name given to an Ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern Northamptonshire (or archaically the County of Northampton; abbreviated Northants He was the illegitimate son of Jane Druce, born 1815 in Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England.
He went to school in the village of Yardley Gobion. Yardley Gobion is a village in the south of the English county of Northamptonshire. At 16, he was apprenticed to P. Jeyes & Co. , a pharmaceutical firm in Northampton. This article is about Northampton in England for other places of the same name see Northampton (disambiguation Northampton ( is a large Market In 1872, he passed exams to become a pharmacist. His main interest was botany. Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life In 1876, he was involved in the foundation of the Northampton Natural History Society.
In June 1879, Druce moved to Oxford and set up his own chemist's shop, Druce & Co. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, , at 118 High Street, which continued until his death. The High Street in Oxford, England runs between Carfax, generally recognized as He was one of the first in Oxford to have a telephone. He also featured as a shopkeeper in the Oxford novel Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm. Zuleika Dobson is a 1911 novel by Max Beerbohm, a satire of undergraduate life at Oxford. Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm ( August 24, 1872 &ndash May 20, 1956) was an English parodist and caricaturist.
In 1880, Druce helped to found the Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire, originally established as the Ashmolean Society in 1828. It was merged with the Oxfordshire Natural History Society by Druce in 1901 [1]. In 1886 he published The Flora of Oxfordshire, in 1887 The Flora of Berkshire and in 1926 The Flora of Buckinghamshire. He was one of very few people to write a flora for more than one county. Flora is a Book or other work which describes the Plant Species occurring in an area or time period with the aim of allowing identification The counties of the United Kingdom are a type of subnational division of historical origin by the Middle Ages they had become established as a unit of
In 1889, he was awarded the degree of honorary MA by the University of Oxford and in 1895 he was appointed Fielding Curator in the Department of Botany at the University. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the
Claridge Druce served on Oxford City Council from 1892 until his death, and was Chairman of the Public Health Committee. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, He served as Sheriff of Oxford during 1896–97. He presented the City of Oxford with the Sheriff's gold chain and badge, kept in the Town Hall, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. The Oxford Town Hall is located on St Aldate's in the centre of Oxford, England. A Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 60th Anniversary in the case of a person (e Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Druce served as Mayor of Oxford in 1900–01. A stone marking the city boundary at the top of Cuckoo Lane in the east Oxford suburb Headington was erected at the time and is engraved with his name. Headington is one of the district centres of Oxford, England. In 1920, Druce was made an Alderman and a portrait in his robes can be seen in the Council Chamber. An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Justice of the Peace. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 A Justice of the Peace ( JP) is a Puisne Judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace
In 1909, Druce moved to 9 Crick Road. He named the house "Yardley Lodge", after the village in which he spent his youth. He died at his home aged 82 and was buried in Holywell Cemetery. Holywell Cemetery is next to St Cross Church in Oxford, England.
References
- George Claridge Druce — 1850–1932. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 1, No. 1, pp. 12–14 (December 1932).
- Druce, George Claridge (1850–1932), botanist, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). The Dictionary of National Biography ( DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history published from 1885 doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32898
External links
- George Claridge Druce, Mayor of Oxford
- Collector: George Claridge Druce
- Druce Herbarium, Oxford
- Geranium x oxonianum 'Claridge Druce'
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