Sir Ronald George Hatton (born in Hampstead, July 6, 1886 - East Malling, 11 November 1965) was a highly distinguished pomologist. Hampstead is an area of London, England, located north-west of Charing Cross. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Larkfield redirects here See also Larkfield (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Pomology (from Latin pomum (fruit + -logy) is a branch of Botany that studies and cultivates Fruits The pomological researches Born in Yorkshire, his formal education included Brighton College, Exeter School, Oxford University and Wye College. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Brighton College is an independent co-educational Public school in Brighton, England. Exeter School is a selective independent Co-educational day school for children between the ages of 7 and 18 located in Exeter, Devon, England The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the The College of St Gregory and St Martin at Wye, more commonly known as Wye College, is an educational institution in Kent, United Kingdom. His father Ernest Hatton and maternal grandfather William Pearson were lawyers; his mother Amy was the sister of Karl Pearson). William Pearson may refer to Charles William Pearson (1847-1917 pioneer Anglican missionary in Uganda William Gaston Pearson (1858-1947 Karl Pearson FRS ( March 27 1857 &ndash April 27 1936) established the disciplineof Mathematical statistics.
After leaving Oxford he worked on a farm for a year and then went to Wye College in Kent, where he joined the staff after a period of study. Wye College Fruit Experiment Station later became known as the East Malling Research Station and Hatton became acting director of the station during World War I. East Malling Research is a now private company located in East Malling in England. He soon became its long-time director.
In 1912, Ronald Hatton initiated the work of classification, testing and standardization of apple tree rootstocks. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting The apple is the pomaceous Fruit of the apple tree Species Malus domestica in the Rose family Rosaceae. A rootstock is a Plant, and sometimes just the Stump, which already has an established healthy root system, used for Grafting a cutting or With the help of Dr Wellington, Hatton sorted out the incorrect naming and mixtures then widespread in apple rootstocks distributed throughout Europe. These verified and distinct apple rootstocks were then distributed throughout the world as Types, initially Type I through Type IX under the name "Malling series". " Malling series " is the name of famous Apple Rootstocks History Rootstocks used to control tree size have been used in apple for over 2000
He was responsible for many scientific papers which were always well written. He also was editor of the Journal of Horticultural Science. Even after his retirement and until his death he was an associate editor of this Journal.
The Imperial (now Commonwealth) Bureau of Fruit Production was established at East Malling with Hatton as the first director and later a consultant director. It's journal, Horticultural Abstracts, has become a standard reference throughout the world.
In the post World War II period he took a prominent part in establishing the National Agricultural Advisory Service (similar to our National Cooperative Extension Service) and the National Fruit Trials, now distinguished because it contains a very large collection of cultivars of various kinds of fruit.
He was honoured by the Queen with a knighthood in 1949. The Royal Horticultural Society awarded him its most famous honour, the Victoria Medal of Honor in 1930. The Royal Horticultural Society ( RHS) was founded in 1804 in London, England as the Horticultural Society of London, and gained its present He was awarded many distinctions by institutions abroad.
Hatton was buried in the East Malling Churchyard overlooking the East Malling Station where he spent so much energy and enthusiasm. The East Malling Research Station today stands as a monument to his resourcefulness, foresight, and competence.
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