Unfortunately, Gwilym Evans died before he was able to complete and assemble all the biographies which he had intended for this publication.

Foreword.

When the Welsh Plant Breeding Station was being established at Aberystwyth the first director, Prof. Stapledon, gathered round him a dedicated band of like-minded agricultural scientists, all with a background in Welsh farming.

Preface.

Reginald George Stapledon was born the son of William Stapledon, who married a daughter of a Clibbet, a member of the last family who built wooden ships at Appledore.

Professor Sir George Stapledon, C.B.E., F.R.S.