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Ghillean Prance
Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance FIBiol FRS FLS FRS (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.
Early life
Prance was born on 13 July 1937 in Brandeston, Suffolk, England. He was educated at Malvern College and Keble College, Oxford. In 1963 he received a D. Phil. in Forest Botany from the Commonwealth Forestry Institute.
Career
Prance worked from 1963 at The New York Botanical Garden, initially as a research assistant and, on his departure in 1988, as Director of the Institute of Economic Botany and Senior Vice-President for Science. Much of his career at the New York Botanical Garden was spent conducting extensive fieldwork in the Amazon region of Brazil. He was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1988 to 1999.
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Professor Sir Ghillean Prance - Towards Global Sustainability: a Faith perspective
Ghillean Tolmie Prance was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1988 to 1999. Currently he is Scientific Director of the Eden Project in Cornwall and Visiting Professor at Reading University (1988-). He runs a conservation and research project for the Eden Project in the Yaboti Biosphere Reserve in Misiones, Argentina. In 2000-2002 he was McBryde Professor at the US National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii and is now a McBryde Senior Research fellow there. Born in Suffolk on 13th July 1937, he was educated at Malvern College Worcestershire and Keble College Oxford where he obtained a BA in Botany (1960) and a DPhil in 1963 for his "Taxonomic Study of Chrysobalanaceae". He began his career with The New York Botanical Garden in 1963 as a research assistant, subsequently becomi...
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words of the day, save the earth. Peter Raven PhD is the Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and a Professor of Botany at Washington University. Peter Raven is also a member of the US National Science Board, and Chairman of the Report Review Committee of the National Research Council. Ghillean Prance MA DPhil Fil Dr FLS is the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, in the United Kingdom. Ghillean Prance spent 25 years with the New York Botanical Garden, where he became the Senior Vice President for Science.
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Ghillean Tolmie Prance was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1988 to 1999. Currently he is Scientific Director of the Eden Project in Cornwall and...
Ghillean Tolmie Prance was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1988 to 1999. Currently he is Scientific Director of the Eden Project in Cornwall and Visiting Professor at Reading University (1988-). He runs a conservation and research project for the Eden Project in the Yaboti Biosphere Reserve in Misiones, Argentina. In 2000-2002 he was McBryde Professor at the US National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii and is now a McBryde Senior Research fellow there. Born in Suffolk on 13th July 1937, he was educated at Malvern College Worcestershire and Keble College Oxford where he obtained a BA in Botany (1960) and a DPhil in 1963 for his "Taxonomic Study of Chrysobalanaceae". He began his career with The New York Botanical Garden in 1963 as a research assistant, subsequently becoming BA Krukoff Curator of Amazonian Botany, Director and then Vice-President of Research and finally Senior Vice President for Science in 1981. He also set up the Garden's Institute of Economic Botany of which he was the first Director from 1981-1988.
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Ghillean Tolmie Prance was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1988 to 1999. Currently he is Scientific Director of the Eden Project in Cornwall and Visiting Professor at Reading University (1988-). He runs a conservation and research project for the Eden Project in the Yaboti Biosphere Reserve in Misiones, Argentina. In 2000-2002 he was McBryde Professor at the US National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii and is now a McBryde Senior Research fellow there. Born in Suffolk on 13th July 1937, he was educated at Malvern College Worcestershire and Keble College Oxford where he obtained a BA in Botany (1960) and a DPhil in 1963 for his "Taxonomic Study of Chrysobalanaceae". He began his career with The New York Botanical Garden in 1963 as a research assistant, subsequently becoming BA Krukoff Curator of Amazonian Botany, Director and then Vice-President of Research and finally Senior Vice President for Science in 1981. He also set up the Garden's Institute of Economic Botany of which he was the first Director from 1981-1988.
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Peter Raven PhD is the Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and a Professor of Botany at Washington University. Peter Ra...
words of the day, save the earth.
Peter Raven PhD is the Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and a Professor of Botany at Washington University. Peter Raven is also a member of the US National Science Board, and Chairman of the Report Review Committee of the National Research Council.
Ghillean Prance MA DPhil Fil Dr FLS is the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, in the United Kingdom. Ghillean Prance spent 25 years with the New York Botanical Garden, where he became the Senior Vice President for Science.
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words of the day, save the earth.
Peter Raven PhD is the Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and a Professor of Botany at Washington University. Peter Raven is also a member of the US National Science Board, and Chairman of the Report Review Committee of the National Research Council.
Ghillean Prance MA DPhil Fil Dr FLS is the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, in the United Kingdom. Ghillean Prance spent 25 years with the New York Botanical Garden, where he became the Senior Vice President for Science.
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Ghillean Tolmie Prance was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1988 to 1999. Currently he is Scientific Director of the Eden Project in Cornwall and Visiting Professor at Reading University (1988-). He runs a conservation and research project for the Eden Project in the Yaboti Biosphere Reserve in Misiones, Argentina. In 2000-2002 he was McBryde Professor at the US National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii and is now a McBryde Senior Research fellow there. Born in Suffolk on 13th July 1937, he was educated at Malvern College Worcestershire and Keble College Oxford where he obtained a BA in Botany (1960) and a DPhil in 1963 for his "Taxonomic Study of Chrysobalanaceae". He began his career with The New York Botanical Garden in 1963 as a research assistant, subsequently becoming BA Krukoff Curator of Amazonian Botany, Director and then Vice-President of Research and finally Senior Vice President for Science in 1981. He also set up the Garden's Institute of Economic Botany of which he was the first Director from 1981-1988.
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Peter Raven PhD is the Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and a Professor of Botany at Washington University. Peter Raven is also a member of the US National Science Board, and Chairman of the Report Review Committee of the National Research Council.
Ghillean Prance MA DPhil Fil Dr FLS is the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, in the United Kingdom. Ghillean Prance spent 25 years with the New York Botanical Garden, where he became the Senior Vice President for Science.
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Ghillean Prance
Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance FIBiol FRS FLS FRS (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.
Early life
Prance was born on 13 July 1937 in Brandeston, Suffolk, England. He was educated at Malvern College and Keble College, Oxford. In 1963 he received a D. Phil. in Forest Botany from the Commonwealth Forestry Institute.
Career
Prance worked from 1963 at The New York Botanical Garden, initially as a research assistant and, on his departure in 1988, as Director of the Institute of Economic Botany and Senior Vice-President for Science. Much of his career at the New York Botanical Garden was spent conducting extensive fieldwork in the Amazon region of Brazil. He was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1988 to 1999.
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