# Max Walters
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{{Short description|English botanist and conscientious objector (1920–2005)}}
{{for|the Australia cricketer|Maxwell Walters}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Stuart Max Walters
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| birth_date = 23 May 1920
| birth_place = [Oughtibridge](/source/Oughtibridge), [Sheffield](/source/Sheffield), [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire), England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|12|11|1920|05|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = [Grantchester](/source/Grantchester), Cambridgeshire, England
| education = [Penistone Grammar School](/source/Penistone_Grammar_School)
[St John's College, Cambridge](/source/St_John's_College%2C_Cambridge)
| workplaces = [Cambridge University Botanic Garden](/source/Cambridge_University_Botanic_Garden), [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University) Herbarium
| known_for = Botany
| spouse =
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| author_abbrev_bot = Walters
}}
'''Stuart Max Walters''' (23 May 1920 – 11 December 2005) was a British [botanist](/source/botany) and academic.
Walters was educated at [Penistone Grammar School](/source/Penistone_Grammar_School) and [St John's College, Cambridge](/source/St_John's_College%2C_Cambridge), where he took a first-class degree in natural sciences.[Peter Grubb, [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2005/dec/22/guardianobituaries.conservationandendangeredspecies "Max Walters"], ''The Guardian'', 22 December 2005. Retrieved 25 February 2024.] As a [conscientious objector](/source/conscientious_objector) in the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), he worked as a hospital orderly in [Sheffield](/source/Sheffield) and [Bristol](/source/Bristol). He was Curator of the Herbarium, Botany School, [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge) 1949–73, Lecturer in Botany 1962–73, and for the ten years up until his retirement, 1973–83, Director of the [University Botanic Garden](/source/Cambridge_University_Botanic_Garden) in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge), of which he wrote a history.{{sfn|Walters|1981}} He was a Research Fellow at St John's (1948-51) and Fellow of [King's College, Cambridge](/source/King's_College%2C_Cambridge) (1964–84).
He was the author of numerous books on plants and flowers, most notably the 1964 ''[Atlas of the British Flora](/source/Atlas_of_the_British_Flora)'' (with [Franklyn Perring](/source/Franklyn_Perring)) and as a co-editor of ''[Flora Europaea](/source/Flora_Europaea)''. He wrote two well-known books for the [New Naturalist](/source/New_Naturalist) library, ''Wild Flowers'' (1954, co-written with [John Gilmour](/source/John_Gilmour_(botanist))) and ''Mountain Flowers'' (1956, with [John Raven](/source/John_Raven)). He was much involved in the research and management of [Wicken Fen](/source/Wicken_Fen). After his retirement, he wrote a [biography](/source/biography) of [Darwin](/source/Charles_Darwin)'s teacher and friend, [John Stevens Henslow](/source/John_Stevens_Henslow), ''Darwin's mentor'' (2001).
Walters was a committed [Christian](/source/Christianity) who was much involved both in the local life of the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) (he was a [churchwarden](/source/churchwarden) at Grantchester for many years) and in the application of Christian principles to national and social life: he was a [Christian socialist](/source/Christian_socialist) and also a [Christian pacifist](/source/Christian_pacifism), and as such was a leading member of the [Fellowship of Reconciliation](/source/Fellowship_of_Reconciliation) and also active in the [Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament](/source/Campaign_for_Nuclear_Disarmament).{{sfn|Cullen|2006}}[
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== References ==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{cite book|last1=Walters|first1=S.M.|authorlink=S. M. Walters|title=The shaping of Cambridge botany : a short history of whole-plant botany in Cambridge from the time of Ray into the present century|date=1981 |publisher=[Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press)|isbn=9780521237956|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rB09AAAAIAAJ}}
* {{cite web|last1=Lacey|first1=Pippa|title=Changing Perspectives: a Garden through time|publisher=[Cambridge University Botanic Garden](/source/Cambridge_University_Botanic_Garden)|url=https://agardenthroughtime.wordpress.com/|access-date=16 December 2016}}
* Obituary in the 2006 Annual Report of King's College Cambridge
* {{cite journal|last1=Cullen|first1=James|title=Max Walters, an Appreciation|journal=Curtis's Botanical Magazine|date=17 February 2006|volume=23|issue=1|pages=2–3|doi=10.1111/j.1355-4905.2006.00520.x}}
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==External links==
* {{webarchive |title=Max Walters. Plant Talk. 2000|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050315213628/http://www.plant-talk.org/stories/21Walter.html |date=March 15, 2005 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312054001/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article332819.ece Obituary. The Independent]
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