Ghillean Prance
1937
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country of citizenship: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Keble College, Malvern College
award received: Fellow of the Royal Society, Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit, Patron’s Medal, International Cosmos Prize, Humanist of the Year, Linnean Medal, Victoria Medal of Honour, Asa Gray Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, Knight Bachelor, David Fairchild Medal
position held: President of the Linnean Society of London
Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance (born 13 July 1937) is a prominent British botanist and ecologist who has published extensively on the taxonomy of families such as Chrysobalanaceae and Lecythidaceae, but drew particular attention in documenting the pollination ecology of Victoria amazonica. Prance is a former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works 4
The cultural history of plants
Changes and disturbance in tropical rainforest in South-East Asia
Leaves
The Cultural History of Plants
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