Jermy, Anthony Clive   (1932 - 2014)

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)

Australasian collecting localities for 'Jermy, A.C.' from AVH (2023)

Data from 75 specimens in Australian herbaria