Basil Kassanis, 16 October 1911 - 23 March 1985

Abstract

At the end of his schooling and university education in Greece and Yugoslavia, Basil Kassanis became isolated by the 1939-45 war as a British Council Scholar at Rothamsted Experimental Station at Harpenden, Hertfordshire. There he began training and research which by the time of his retirement in 1977 had placed him among the foremost plant virologists in the world. To these professional accomplishments, Basil Kassanis eventually added a very happy family life, considerable skill and achievement in sculpture and reawakened Christian beliefs.