Thomas
Wallace was one of the outstanding professional
English horticulturists of the 20th Century. At the
time of his death he was Emeritus Professor of
Horticultural Chemistry, University of Bristol,
England.
He obtained his B.Sc. degree from the University of
Durham in 1913 and his D.Sc. in 1931. After serving in
World War I from 1914 to 1918, he became Research
Chemist at the Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol,
England. From 1924 to 1943 he was Deputy Director of
the Long Ashton Station. He served as Director of the
Station from 1943 to 1957.
He was author or joint author of bulletins on fruit
culture published by the Ministry of Agriculture as
well as approximately 100 scientific papers on fruit
culture, plant nutrition, and soils. He was joint
author of the Journal of Horticultural Science from
1943-1958.
He was author of the following books:
Diagrams of Mineral Difference in Plants -
Color, Atlas and Guide, 1st Edition 1943. 2n
edition 1951 and 1961.
Science and Fruit (with R. W. Marsh)
1953.
Insecticides and Colonial Agricultural
Development (with J.T. Martin) 1954.
Modern Commercial Fruit Growing (with G.W.
Bush) 1956.
Dr. Wallace was particularly well known because of
his adaptations of gravel and hydroponic culture to
studying the nutrient element deficiencies in
plants.
During his active life he was known as the most
outstanding specialist in fruit nutrition in Great
Britain.
