Peter J. Grubb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Peter J. Grubb

British botanist

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1935

Place of Birth: Ilford, England, United Kingdom

Profession: botanist, ecologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Peter John Grubb (born 9 August 1935 in Ilford, London) is a British ecologist and emeritus professor of botany at Cambridge University.
He took his Ph.D.
at Cambridge University in 1960 supervised by G.E.
Briggs.
He subsequently joined the staff of Magdalene College, later becoming a full professor (retired in 2001).
His early work was mentored by E.J.H.
Corner and A.S.
Watt, and especially influenced by the latter.
He has written a very lively account on his becoming a plant ecologist.Grubb has worked on diverse botanical and ecological subjects, from physiology to biomes and from chalk grassland to tropical rain forest.
His name is particularly associated with the concept of regeneration niche.Peter Grubb was president of the British Ecological Society in 1992 and is now honorary member of the society.
He co-edited the Journal of Ecology 1972–1977.