Andrew John Scott B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D., DMS, F.L.S. (born 1950) is a British botanist. After St Peter's School, Southbourne (1961-1969) he studied Biology at

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(1972) followed by an M.Sc. in

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(1973), with a project on "'' Lotus'' section ''Pedrosia'' in the Canary Islands". In 1976 he was awarded a Ph.D. from

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for the thesis "The Systematics of the

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" using

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. He worked (1976-1978) at the

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, on

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. Later he worked on the Flora of the Mascarenes project at Kew. Elected a member of the

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in 1976. He was awarded a Diploma in Management Studies (DMS) from Thames Valley College in 1990 and worked in

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. ''

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scottiana'' N.Snow is named for him.

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

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. Quarterly Bulletin of the

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, Vol.58(4):374-379.

References

* 1950 births Scientists from Torquay People educated at St Peter's Catholic School, Bournemouth Alumni of the University of York Alumni of the University of Reading Alumni of the University of Birmingham Alumni of the University of West London British botanists Botanists active in Kew Gardens Living people {{UK-botanist-stub