F. Crowther
Introduction
Frank Crowther
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Catalogue
1. Personal Papers
2. Photographic Material
3. Printed material
Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: F. Crowther
Dates of creation: 1934-1946
Extent: 1 file
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: F. Crowther & B. E. Crowther
Language: English

Frank Crowther

(1905-1946)

1928-1946Sudan Agriculture Department
1928-1934Plant Physiologist, Gezira Research Farm, Wad Medani
1934-1938Employed by I.C.I.
1938-1946Plant Physiologist, Gezira Research Farm, Wad Medani (from 1940 Senior, then Chief Plant Physiologist)


Arrangement

1. Personal Papers
2. Photographic Material

Accession details

Presented by Mrs B. Crowther, 1960

Catalogue
1. Personal Papers
SAD.8/51/10
[ca. 1960]
Biographical note by Mrs B. Crowther of her career with the Sudan Education Department and her late husband's career with the Agriculture Department
2. Photographic Material
SAD.8/51/1-9
[ca. 1928-1946]
Photographs of F. and B.E. Crowther during their time at the Gezira research farm in Wad Medani:
SAD.8/51/2
[ca. 1928-1946]
Portrait of Dr. F. Crowther, plant physiologist
SAD.8/51/1
1933 Aug 27
F. and B. E. Crowther standing on the steps of All Saints' Cathedral, Khartoum on their wedding day
SAD.8/51/3-4
1934 Feb
Guests at a farewell tea party for F. and B. E. Crowther held at the Gezira research farm, Wad Medani, with list of those attending. Featuring, front row, from left to right: Dr. H. Greene, soil chemist; Reverend P. W. Guinness, chaplain, Wad Medani; Miss Ford, Jill Bailey's governess; Jill Bailey; Khalid Afandi Salih, chief field supervisor; M. A. Bailey, director, Gezira research farm; Mrs B. E. Crowther; F. Crowther; Muhammad Afandi al-Tum, clerk, plant physiology section; Mrs Bailey; Miss M. T. Myers, Church Missionary Society school; A. R. Lambert, plant physiologist; Miss Snow, Mrs Bailey's sister; E. MacKinnon, farm manager. Middle row, from left to right: Habib Afandi, statistician; Abu Bashir; 'Ali Arnaout; Fu'ad Afandi Buctor; F. W. Andrews, plant physiologist; H. E. King, plant breeder; R. L. Knight, plant breeder; A. H. Wood, entomologist; 'Abd al-'Aziz Afandi, plant physiology section; Muhammad Afandi Hasan, plant physiology section; W. Cowland, entomologist; O. W. Snow, soil chemist; H. Ross, librarian and clerk; Yafith Afandi al-'Iskofi, chief clerk; Mikha'il Afandi Butros. Back row, featuring: 'Abd al-Latif, Hasan 'Abd al-Rahman; Muhammad Afandi Na'um, plant physiology section; Muhammad 'Ali Afandi abu Gaseissa, plant physiology section; Muhammad Ahmad Afandi, plant physiology section; Husayn Zubayr, water carrier; Murghani al-Bashir, suffragi
SAD.8/51/5
[ca. 1940-1946]
F. Crowther with his two-year old son, Peter, and a pet cat, Kilimanjaro
SAD.8/51/6
[ca. 1940-1946]
Mrs B. E. Crowther with her two-year old son, Peter, Kilimanjaro
SAD.8/51/7
[ca. 1940]
Mrs B. E. Crowther sitting in a garden at the Gezira research farm, Wad Medani, reading next to a pram covered with a mosquito net
SAD.8/51/8
[ca. 1933-1946]
Major Pritchard sitting at the reins of a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by Mrs B. E. Crowther, Mrs E. Parker amd Miss M. T. Myers, Wad Medani
SAD.8/51/9
[1946-1948]
Mrs B. E. Crowther sitting on the ground at the Gezira research farm, Wad Medani
3. Printed material
Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into library and catalogued on OPAC