Andrew John Scott (botanist) explained

Andrew John Scott
Birth Date:1950
Birth Place:Torquay, Devon
Nationality:British
Workplaces:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Known For:Botany
Taxonomy
Author Abbrev Bot:A.J.Scott
Spouse:Pamela Lacy

Andrew John Scott (born 1950, Torquay) is a British botanist.[1]

He attended St Peter's School, Southbourne (1961-1969), where he was active in their fencing club.[2] [3] He went on to study Biology at York University (B.A., 1972) followed by an M.Sc. in Pure and Applied Plant Taxonomy at Reading University (1973), with a project on "Lotus section Pedrosia in the Canary Islands".[4] In 1976 he was awarded a Ph.D. from Birmingham University for the thesis "The Systematics of the Chenopodiaceae" using Numerical taxonomy.[5]

He worked (1976-1978) as a taxonomist at the Herbarium, Kew Gardens, working on Myrtaceae.[6] [7] [8] Later he worked on the Flora of the Mascarenes project at Kew. Elected a member of the Linnean Society of London in 1976.[9] He has published articles on the classification of the Chenopodiaceae and Myrtaceae.

He was awarded a Diploma in Management Studies (DMS) from Thames Valley College in 1990 and worked in Information technology at KPOS Computer Systems[10] [11] and Swan Retail.[12] [13]

Gossia scottiana N.Snow is named for him.[14] [15]

Selected publications

1990. Myrtacées. In: Bosser J, Cadet T, Guého J, Marais W (Eds) Flore des Mascareignes: La Réunion, Maurice, Rodrigues 92. MSIRI, Port Louis, ORSTOM, Paris, Royal Botanical Gardens, London.

1990. Wild Flowers of Andorra. Quarterly Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society, Vol.58(4):374-379.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scott, Andrew John (1950-). 27 March 2021. PNI (2021). International Plant Names Index. Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens.
  2. News: 14 January 1969. County foil double for St Peter's. Bournemouth Evening Echo.
  3. Book: Smith, T.S. . St Peter's - Independent Days. A history of the school and site, 1870-1980 . Bournemouth: The Highmoor Press . 1998 . 129–130.
  4. Book: Bramwell. David. Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands. Bramwell. Zoe I.. Stanley Thornes. 1974. ix.
  5. Web site: DISSERTATION The systematics of the Chenopodiaceae sensu Ulbrich. . University of Birmingham.
  6. Sands. Martin. 1976. News of Kewites at home and abroad in 1976. The Journal of the Kew Guild. 9. 491.
  7. 1978. Review of the Work of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 1976. Kew Bulletin. 32. 4. 835, 838. 4109791.
  8. 1978. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Scientific, Technical and Administrative Staff. Kew Bulletin. 32. 4. 863–872. 4109792.
  9. December 1976. Records of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London for the session of 1975-76. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 8. 4. 366.
  10. Web site: K P O S Computer Systems LTD . BIZ SEEK.
  11. Web site: K P O S COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD BUSINESS DATA. LeadQuest.
  12. Web site: 3 September 2007 . Swan team strengthened . https://web.archive.org/web/20080320094340/http://www.swanretail.co.uk/page18.html . 20 March 2008 . Swan Retail Ltd.
  13. Web site: November 2015. Andy Scott Retires. Swan Retail.
  14. Snow. Neil. 2006. New species of Gossia N.Snow & Guymer and Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Hassk. (Myrtaceae) from Papua New Guinea. Austrobaileya. 7. 2. 325–340. 41739039.
  15. News: Wegrzyn . Magdalena . 29 January 2007 . A trip to the herbarium . https://web.archive.org/web/20230108151852/https://digarch.unco.edu/islandora/object/cogru:94880/datastream/PDF/download . 8 January 2023 . 8 January 2023 . . 2–3.

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