Stan Woodell

Who was 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 and also studied the pollination biology of the genus Primula for his PhD at the same university. He was a University Lecturer in Botany at Oxford University. At Wolfson College, Oxford, he was successively a Governing Body Fellow, Supernumerary 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.