Walter Philip Kennedy Findlay

Walter Philip Kennedy Findlay (10 February 1904 – 18 December 1985) was a US-born British mycologist who contributed to the study of wood pathology and preservation through his research on organisms associated with wood rot. After receiving his education at Sevenoaks School and Imperial College London, where he earned multiple scientific qualifications including a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1942, Findlay spent much of his career at the Forest Products Research Laboratory in Princes Risborough, collaborating with Kenneth St George Cartwright on their seminal text "Decay of Timber and its Prevention" (1935). His prolific scientific output extended beyond wood science to brewing technology and popular mycology, while his professional leadership included service as president of the British Mycological Society, the Association of Applied Biologists, and the Institute of Wood Science.