Ronald Good

Ronald D'Oyley Good (1896-1992) was a British botanist notable for his floristic regionalization.

Good was born in Dorchester. He studied botany at Downing College, Cambridge where he obtained an MA and Sc.D. He worked at the Botany Department of the Natural history museum (1922-1928). He worked at the Botany Department at the University of Hull from 1928 until his retirement in 1959. He was the author of The Geography of the Flowering Plants (1947) a popular work in botany.^[1][2]

Publications

The standard author abbreviation R.D.Good is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[3]

• Plants and Human Economics (1933)
• The Old Roads of Dorset (1940)
• A Geographical Handbook of the Dorset Flora (1948)
• The Geography of the Flowering Plants (1947)
• Features of Evolution in Flowering Plants (1956)
• The Last Villages of Dorset (1979)
• The Philosophy of Evolution (1981)
• Concise Flora of Dorset (1984)

References

1. "Obituary: Professor Ronald Good". The Independent.
2. Moreira-Munoz, Andres. (2011). Plant Geography of Chile. Springer. p. 135. ISBN 978-90-481-8747-8 "The English botanist Ronald Good (1896–1992) published the first edition of The Geography of the Flowering Plants in 1947. The work became one of the most popular books in the field, reaching four editions and two reprints between 1947 and 1974."
3. "Author Query for 'R.D.Good'". International Plant Names Index.