Vernon Heywood
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Professor Vernon Hilton Heywood (born December 24, 1927) is a world renowned British biologist. His main fields of excellence are medicinal and aromatic plants, and the conservation of wild relatives of plants.
He is currently a professor on the academic staff at the University of Reading in Reading, United Kingdom.
In 1987 he was awarded the Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London.[1] Planta Europa honored him with their Linnaeus award at their fifth conference, held in 2007 in Cluj Napoca.[2] The book Taxonomy and Plant Conservation (Cambridge University Press, 2006, Etelka Leadlay and Stephen Jury, eds.) was dedicated as a tribute to Heywood in honor of his 75th birthday.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Recipients of the Linnean Medal.
- ^ About Planta Europa.
- ^ Publisher's catalog entry with text of frontmatter dedicating the book to Heywood.
- ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4.
[edit] External links
- Heywood's publications from Amazon.com
- Professor Heywood's information page from the University of Reading
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