John Carrick | |
Birth Date: | 14 June 1914 |
Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
Death Place: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Nationality: | British |
Fields: | Botany |
Alma Mater: | University of Glasgow |
Author Abbrev Bot: | Carrick |
John Carrick (14 June 1914 – 4 January 1978) was a botanist and the author of a number of plant names. He was born in Glasgow and died in Australia. He worked at the University of Malaya from 1952 to 1967 and then became a botanist at the South Australian State Herbarium.[1]
The mintbush, Prostanthera carrickiana was named in his honour.[2]