H.W. Pearson Building

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Building Name

H.W. Pearson Building

Description

Named after Professor Harold Welch Pearson. He was the first Harry Bolus Professor of Botany and founder of the National Botanic Gardens of Kirstenbosch. He was assistant curator of the Cambridge herbarium and later worked at Kew before moving to South Africa. In South Africa, he published extensively, using his skills to research the largely un-studied Cape Flora and initiated the practice of taking fieldtrips. Realizing that Pearson's work and influence extended far beyond the ranks of his professional colleagues and for his establishing the Kirstenbosch Gardens, the University Council decided to have two Chairs of Botany, the Harry Bolus Chair, which was to remain: its occupant was to be responsible for the teaching in the Botany Department. The new Chair, founded in memory of Pearson, was to be known as the Harold Pearson Chair of Botany. Source: Origins of Names of Buildings at the University of Cape Town, Mr M. Musemwa (Department of History UCT, 1993).Chamberlin, C. 1917. Henry Harold Welch Pearson, Botanical Gazette. Vol. 63: 2. Phillips, H. 1993. The University of
Cape Town 1918-1948: The formative years. Cape Town: UCT Press.

Address

8 University Avenue North,Upper Campus, Rondebosch

Campus

Upper

Latitude

-33.956472

Longitude

18.461682

Building Number

121

Building Code

1210

status

Owned

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