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DR. NORMAN LOFTOS BOR, who was recently appointed assistant director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, had a distinguished career at Trinity College, Dublin, and the University of Edinburgh, and was awarded his doctorate for a thesis on the "Synecology of the Naga Hills". He has had wide experience in forest and general administration in the Indian Forest Service during 1921-46. He was political officer of the Balipara Frontier Tract during 1931-34, deputy commissioner of the Naga Hills in 1935 and acting inspector-general of forests in 1939. During 1942-46 he held a responsible position in relation to evacuation, reconstruction and rehabilitation on the North-East Frontier. He has travelled extensively in India and the Near East. During 1937-42 he was forest botanist at the Forest Research, Institute, Dehra Dun, and in recent years has carried out research on the Indian species of the Gramineae. Dr. Bor‘s published botanical works deal with the taxonomy of Indian plants and with the ecology of Assam and the Nilgiri Hills. In particular, he has concentrated on the study of grasses and has described new species from various parts of India. Recently, at Kew, he has made a detailed study of the Indian species of Poa.
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : Dr. N. L. Bor, C.I.E. Nature 161, 840 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161840a0
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