Dates

• Existence: 1901-05-21 - 1993-01-15

Biographical / Historical

Arthur Wallis Exell OBE (21 May 1901 in Birmingham - 15 January 1993 in Cheltenham) was initially an assistant and later Deputy Keeper of Botany at the British Museum during the years 1924-1939 and 1950-1962. A noted cryptographer, taxonomist and phytogeographer, he was notable for his furthering of botanical exploration in tropical and sub-tropical Africa, and was an authority on the family Combretaceae. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wallis_Exell