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Maxwell T. Masters

Maxwell T. Masters is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Maxwell T. Masters rather than just read about it. In short: Maxwell Tylden Masters FRS (15 April 1833 – 30 May 1907) was an English botanist and taxonomist. He was the son of William Masters, the nurseryman and botanist of Canterbury and author of Hortus duroverni.

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Reference excerpt

Maxwell Tylden Masters FRS (15 April 1833 – 30 May 1907) was an English botanist and taxonomist. He was the son of William Masters, the nurseryman and botanist of Canterbury and author of Hortus duroverni. The standard author abbreviation Mast. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Life

Tylden Masters studied at the King's College London and the University of St Andrews. He attended the lectures of Edward Forbes and John Lindley. His most famous works are Vegetable Teratology, which dealt with teratology (abnormal mutations) of vegetable species, and several works on Chinese plants (particularly conifers), describing many of the new species discovered by Ernest Henry Wilson. The larch Larix mastersiana and the Nepenthes hybrid N. × mastersiana are named after Tylden Masters, among other plant species. A genus that was published in 1871, Maxwellia from New Caledonia, also bears his name. Tylden Masters was the editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle between 1866 and 1907, which led to him corresponding with Charles Darwin. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1870. He was made a correspondent of the Institute of France in 1888. He was also a chevalier of the order of Leopold. Tylden Masters died at the Mount, Ealing, on 30 May 1907. His body was cremated at Woking. His obituary in The American Florist credited him with preventing Kew Gardens "from being handed over to a political clique", with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) holding onto its Chiswick Garden, and for preventing "confiscation" of the RHS Lindley Library "in the dark days of the society at South Kensington". His obituary in Nature recites that his most definitive contributions to botany was when he was older and studying Coniferae since he wrote many papers to the Linnean and Horticultural Societies regarding their "structure and taxonomy."

Family In 1858, Tylden Masters married Ellen, daughter of William Tress, by whom he had four children. His wife and two daughters survived him.

Books Vegetable Teratology. London: published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke. 1869. Botany for Beginners. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Company. 1972. Plant Life. Morton's Handbook of the Farm, No. V (2nd ed.). London: Vinton & Company. 1883.

References

Notes This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Boulger, George Simonds (1912). "Masters, Maxwell Tylden". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. G. S. Boulger, rev. William T. Stearn. "Masters, Maxwell Tylden (1833–1907)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34928. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)

External links

Works by Maxwell T. Masters at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Maxwell T. Masters at the Internet Archive

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Maxwell T. Masters

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Maxwell T. Masters claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Maxwell T. Masters before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Maxwell T. Masters ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Maxwell T. Masters

In research: Maxwell T. Masters appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Maxwell T. Masters in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Maxwell T. Masters is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1833 births, 1907 deaths, Alumni of King's College London, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Maxwell T. Masters outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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