Ronald Good

{{Short description|British botanist}}

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| name = Ronald D'Oyley Good

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| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1896|03|05}}

| birth_place = Dorchester, Dorset, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1992|12|11|1896|03|05}}

| death_place = Kingston upon Hull, England

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| fields = Botany

| alma_mater =Downing College, Cambridge

| work_institutions = University of Hull

| occupation = Botanist

| doctoral_students = Eva Crackles

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Ronald D'Oyley Good (5 March 1896 – 11 December 1992) was a British botanist notable for his floristic regionalization.

Good was born in Dorchester. He studied botany at Downing College, Cambridge, where he obtained an MA and Sc.D. He worked at the Botany Department of the Natural History Museum (1922–1928). He worked at the Botany Department at the University of Hull from 1928 until his retirement in 1959. He was the author of The Geography of the Flowering Plants (1947) a popular work in botany.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-ronald-good-1564201.html "Obituary: Professor Ronald Good"]. The Independent.Moreira-Munoz, Andres. (2011). Plant Geography of Chile. Springer. p. 135. {{ISBN|978-90-481-8747-8}} "The English botanist Ronald Good (1896–1992) published the first edition of The Geography of the Flowering Plants in 1947. The work became one of the most popular books in the field, reaching four editions and two reprints between 1947 and 1974."