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Born in Strumpshaw, near
Norwich, UK, in 1932; died in UK on 25th July 2014.
He attended Norwich Grammar
School, and was interested in plants from an
early age.
He got his
degree at University College, London, and
then moved to Leicester to do a PhD on Carex
section Acutae (now Phacocystis) under T.G.
Tutin. This was interrupted by National
Service, which he spent as a teacher in Kent.
in 1958, instead of returning to
Leicester, he got the job of Head of the Fern
Section at the British Museum (Natural
History), remaining there for the rest of his
career.
In 1990 the reorganisation at the Museum resulted in Clive
becoming Head of Collections in the Botany
Department until his retirement in 1992.
He
was the initiator and main organiser of the
Museum's Wildlife Garden in the grounds.
Clive joined the British Pteridological
Society in 1959, edited the British Fern
Gazette/Fern Gazette for 16 years, edited their
Special Publications for 18 years, was President from 1982-1985, was given its Stansfield
Medal in 1991, and was made an Honorary
Member in 2002.
In 1981 he instigated the International
Association of Pteridologists, and was its
chairman until 1987.
Hi collected in: Australasia: Australia, Papua New Guinea; North American region: Canada; Europe: Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom; Malesian region: Indonesia, Malaysia; Caribbean region: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago; Tropical Africa: Kenya.
Source: Extracted from: https://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Clive_Jermy_obituary.pdf
Portrait Photo: ex Flora Malesiana, Vol.1, (1950)
Data from 75 specimens in Australian herbaria