David Mowle obituary

My father, David Mowle, who has died aged 84, became an authority on plants in mountainous areas, an interest fostered by cycling expeditions in the Lake District during his boyhood in Liverpool.

Born in the city to Walter and Nora, both teachers, David attended the Liverpool Institute, becoming head boy in 1947, and sang in the Anglican cathedral's choir. In 1951, after graduating from Liverpool University in chemistry, he undertook atomic weapons research as part of his national service and moved to west Cumbria. Here he was joined by Elizabeth Walsh, a biochemist he had met at university, and they were married in 1953.