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Niel M du Plessis

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Author of botanical books
Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics, Stellenbosch University

Niel M du Plessis studied at the Stellenbosch University (MSc in Physics) and obtained a PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town.
He was lecturing in Mathematics at the University of Western Cape before he joined the Department of Applied Mathematics at Stellenbosch University.

Awards:

Cape Times Centenary Medal for Nature Conservation, 1989
Recht Malan Prize for non fiction: Bulbous Plants of Southern Africa, 1990

Books:

The Winter-growing Gladioli of South Africa (Co-author: G R Delpierre), Tafelberg Publishers, 1973
Bulbuous Plants of Southern Africa - A Guide to their propagation and Cultivation (Co-author: Graham Duncan, with Watercolours by Elise Bodley), Naspers 1989

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