Lorna Casselton

Lorna Ann Casselton  (18 July 1938 – 14 February 2014) was a British academic and biologist. She was Professor Emeritus of Fungal Genetics in the Department of Plant Science at the University of Oxford. She was also the Foreign Secretary for The Royal Society from 2006 until 2011.

She was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2008.

Casselton was born in Rochford, Essex. She was married to Peter Casselton until their divorce. In 1981, she married William Joseph Dennis "Bill" Tollett.

Casselton died on 14 February 2014 at the age of 75.

References

Other websites
 Lorna Casselton at Debrett's

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