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I SHOULD like to add to Maximov's note a personal tribute to B. A. Keller. I called on him in his flat in Moscow early in 1945, and he gave me a friendly and generous welcome. He was a sick man, but he was enthusiastically working at a book on ecology and evolution. He was very anxious that I should become familiar with the flora around Moscow, and to that end he gave me his own copy of the handbook to the local flora, and instructions as to the places I should visit. We met several times during the year, and Keller was always willing to help me. I attended his funeral ceremony in the biological block of the Academy of Sciences ; and it was clear from the speeches made there by his students and by a representative of workers from the botanic gardens, that Keller had great influence upon the younger generation of botanists, and that his name is not only honoured but also held in deep affection by those who knew him.
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ASHBY, E. [Obituaries]. Nature 157, 70 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157070a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/157070a0