User:Junglenut/Denis John Carr

Denis John Carr was an Australian botanist, lecturer and author, and the husband of fellow botanist Maisie Carr. The couple are well known for their work in Eucalypts.

Early life
Denis Carr was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, on 15 December 1915 to James Edward Cahill (Carr) and Elizabeth Brindley, their third son and sixth child. His early education was in Hanley, Staffordshire, and his first employment was with the Stoke Municipal Electricity Supply Corporation as a clerk.

War service
Carr was called up for service with the RAF in 1940, working as an airframe fitter and instructor, and later saw action in the landings in Sicily and Italy. He returned to England in 1945.

University education
Following the war Carr entered Manchester University studying botany, graduating with First Class honours in 1948. He was appointed Assistant Lecturer in Botany at the university and continued studying for his postgraduate degree, gaining his PhD in 1952.

Career
The following year he moved to Melbourne, Victoria to take up a position of Senior Lecturer at Melbourne University. There he met and married Stella Grace Maisie Fawcet, who was also a Senior Lecturer in the Botany Department.