David Goodall (botanist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

David Goodall (botanist)

English-born Australian botanist and ecologist

Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1914

Place of Birth: Edmonton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 10-May-2018

Profession: botanist, ecologist

Nationality: United Kingdom, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About David Goodall (botanist)

  • David William Goodall (4 April 1914 – 10 May 2018) was an English-born Australian botanist and ecologist.
  • He was influential in the early development of statistical methods in plant communities.
  • He worked as researcher and professor in England, Australia, Ghana and the United States.
  • He was editor-in-chief of the 30-volume Ecosystems of the World series of books, and author of over 100 publications.
  • He was known as Australia's oldest working scientist, still editing ecology papers at age 103.
  • Long an advocate of voluntary euthanasia legalisation, he ended his own life in Switzerland via physician-assisted suicide at age 104.

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