University in Winnipeg, Manitoba — Canada’s Prairie Region (North America)

Arthur Henry Reginald Buller (1874-1944)

Arthur Henry Reginald Buller Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 17, 2022

1. Arthur Henry Reginald Buller Marker

Inscription.
Reginald Buller was born in Birmingham, England, where he attended Queen’s College and prepared for the B.Sc. (Ext) of the University of London (1896). From 1898-1901, as an 1851 Exhibition Scholar, he pursued research in Leipzig (Ph.D.-1899), Munich and Naples. He taught at the University of Birmingham from 1901-1904 (D.Sc.-1903), before coming to Winnipeg as founding Head of the Department of Botany. This post he held until 1936, when he retired (as Professor Emeritus) to devote full time to the work for which he had become famous — the study of the higher fungi. His many honours included: Royal Society of Canada — Fellow (1909), President (1927/28) and Flavelle Medal (1929); Royal Society of London — Fellow (1929) and Royal Medal (1937); honorary doctorates from Manitoba (1924), Saskatchewan (1928), Calcutta (1937) and Pennsylvania (1938). An outstanding teacher and speaker, he did much to focus public attention on this University’s problems, including the inadequacy of its downtown site. A bachelor of wide interests, he admitted to two hobbies: billiards and crossing the Atlantic (65 times). He resided in Winnipeg until his death.

Erected by University of Manitoba.

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• Education • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1874.

Location. 49° 48.623′ N, 97° 8.002′ W. Marker is in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is in University. Marker can be reached from Chancellors Circle, 0.2 kilometers north of Dafoe Road West. Marker is mounted on pedestal directly in front of the Buller Building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 45 Chancellors Circle, Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2, Canada. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Dr. Baldur Rosmund Stefansson (within shouting distance of this marker); Carol Ann Shields (née Warner) (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. H. Bruce Chown (within shouting distance of this marker); Dr. John Maxwell Bowman (within shouting distance of this marker); Cal Murphy (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Noël-Joseph Ritchot (approx. 8.1 kilometers away); John Norquay (approx. 8.1 kilometers away); Government House (approx. 8.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Winnipeg.

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1. Arthur Henry Reginald Buller.

He came to Canada in 1904, founded the Botany Department and was the first Professor of Botany and Geology at the University of Manitoba, and served
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 17, 2022

2. Arthur Henry Reginald Buller Monument detail
Buller’s urn was enclosed in this monument in 2013.
as Head of the Botany Department until his retirement in 1936. His book Essays on Wheat (Macmillan, 1919) deals with the early history of wheat-growing in Manitoba, wheat-growing in western Canada, the discovery and introduction of Marquis wheat, the origin of the wheat varieties Red Bobs and Kitchener, and Palestine's wild wheat.

(Submitted on April 4, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. What remains: Buried secrets on the University of Manitoba campus.

A simple stone cairn in front of one of the University of Manitoba's grand buildings, passed daily by thousands of students, contains a little-known secret. Inside the base of the Tyndall stone monument are the remains of Prof. Arthur Henry Reginald Buller, known as one of the university's original six professors and for whom the Buller Biological Laboratories building is named. That makes the cairn more of a tombstone.

(Submitted on April 4, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

3. Arthur Henry Reginald Buller.

After a brief stay at the University of Birmingham, Buller was one of the first six professors hired by the University of Manitoba, in 1904. Buller specialized in mycology, the study of fungus. Buller and his colleagues founded the Scientific Club of Winnipeg, in 1905. In 2013, his cremains were enclosed inside
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 17, 2022

3. Arthur Henry Reginald Buller Monument
(marker is mounted on top of monument)
a monument standing in front of the building.

(Submitted on April 4, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Buller Building (<i>south/front façade</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 17, 2022

4. Buller Building (south/front façade)

(looking north • marker is near bottom center)

Buller Building Entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 17, 2022

5. Buller Building Entrance

Buller Building (<i>south/front elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 17, 2022

6. Buller Building (south/front elevation)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 72 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 4, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.