Clifford Evans (1913–2006, born George Clifford Evans) was a British ecologist. He was President of the British Ecological Society (1975-1976) and Chairman of the British Photobiological Society (1979-1981). He was a fellow and Bursar of St John's College, Cambridge, who hold his portrait, and wrote the textbook The Quantitative Analysis of Plant Growth. An obituary by the Department of Plant Sciences also cited his work on sunflecks and light interception in forest understories as particularly important.
He was buried in the churchyard of Coton, Cambridgeshire. His papers are held by the University of Cambridge.
References
- "The Papers of Dr George Clifford Evans". Archivesearch. Churchill Archives Centre. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "Dr. Clifford Evans passes away". Department of Plant Sciences Blog. University of Cambridge. 3 October 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- "Clifford Evans (D.2006), Bursar in Charge of College Buildings, Emeritus Reader in Experimental Ecology | Art UK".
- Evans, G. Clifford (1972). The Quantitative Analysis of Plant Growth. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520094321.
- "Evans, George Clifford (1913-2006), ecologist". National Archives. Retrieved 19 March 2016.