Peter Wilfred James

Peter Wilfred James (1930–2014), British lichenologist.

British Museum of Natural History, London, U.K.

IPNI standard form: P.James

Honored with an Acharius Medal in 1992

Taxon names authored

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• 10 taxon names authored by Peter Wilfred James

Tylothallia biformigera (Leight.) P. James & H. Kilias, 1981

Publications

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External links

• Biography at lichenology.org
• (2010). Peter James – an 80th birthday tribute. The Lichenologist 42(4): 353–353 DOI: 10.1017/S0024282910000277 (Photo of Peter James)
• Death Notice

• Original Message

From: Clifford Smith <cliff@HAWAII.EDU> To: lichens-l <lichens-l@LISTS.HAWAII.EDU> Sent: Fri, Feb 14, 2014 5: 12 pm
Subject: Peter James

Peter James, one of the foremost lichenologists of the last 50 years and instrumental in the establishment of the British Lichen Society, the Lichenologist and the revival of lichenology in the British Isles, died comfortably on Wednesday, February 10, after a long illness.

Cliff Smith

• Wolseley, P., Jørgensen, P.M., Kantvilas, G. & Thüs, H. 2015. A tribute to Peter James (1930–2014). The Lichenologist 47: 83–92. DOI: 10.1017/S0024282915000055