Chris Humphries FLS (

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, 29 April 1947 – 31 July 2009) was a British botanist known for his work on systematic botany and biogeography. In 1980, he was awarded the

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. In 2001 the

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awarded him the Linnean Medal for his contributions to the botany.

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1947 births 2009 deaths British botanists Fellows of the Linnean Society of London 20th-century English scientists {{UK-botanist-stub