Mark Spencer (other)
Mark Spencer may refer to: *Mark Spencer (botanist), British forensic botanist *Mark Spencer (computer engineer) (born 1977), American computer engineer *Mark Spencer (guitarist) (born 1957), American guitarist *Mark Spencer (British politician) (born 1970), British Member of Parliament for Sherwood *Mark Spencer (New York politician) (1787–1859), New York politician *Mark G. Spencer (born 1967), Canadian historian See also

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Mark Spencer (botanist)
Mark Spencer is a British forensic botanist and botanical consultant. He also monitors the changing composition of London's plantlife. He is the honorary botany curator for the Linnean Society of London. Early life Spencer was born in 1968. He became enthusiastic about plants as a child, especially plant identification and growth habits. He was brought up in the rural setting of Warmington, Warwickshire and his family supported this interest. He disliked secondary school due to attacks and extensive bullying related to his strong opinions and homosexuality and left with few qualifications. In the 1990s, Spencer worked in bars in Soho in London and was involved in HIV/AIDS activism around Section 28 as well as the AIDS pandemic. Botanical education and career He took a BSc degree in botany at the University of Reading in his late 20s followed by a PhD specialising in Oomycete aquatic fungi supervised by Michael Dick. He subsequently worked in the Natural History Museum, Lond ...
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