Stan Woodell
Stan Woodell was a British botanist.
Stanley Reginald John Woodell was born in Shepherds Bush, London.
He obtained a degree in Botany from Durham University. An undergraduate at Hatfield College, Woodell was a member of the Durham University Exploration Society. He studied the pollination biology of the genus Primula for his PhD at the same university.Career
He was a University Lecturer in Botany at Oxford University. At Wolfson College, Oxford, he was successively a Governing Body Fellow, Fellow and Emeritus Fellow. From 1984 to 2004 he was also the Fellow Librarian of the College.
As a botanist, Woodell co-wrote the Flora of Oxfordshire published in 1998, to which his fellow botanist and colleague Humphry Bowen contributed.
Woodell died aged 75. A black poplar tree was planted at Wolfson College on 22 November 2004 in his memory.
