David Frederick Cutler
PPLS (born 1939
) is an English
botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
and plant anatomist.
Life
David Cutler was born in 1939. He was educated at the
University of Leeds, BSc (Hons) 1962, and
Imperial College London, PhD 1965.
Cutler worked as a plant anatomist at the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1962. He retired in 1999 as Deputy Keeper and Head of the Plant Anatomy Section, Jodrell Laboratory, Kew. Cutler edited the journal 'Annals of Botany', between 1984 and 199
He currently holds the positions of Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, visiting Professor in Botany at the
University of Reading and Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College, London.
Cutler was president of the
Linnean Society of London (2006–2009), and president of the Kew Guild (2003–2004). He was awarded the
Linnean Gold Medal in 1999, for outstanding services to the Linnean Society.
Until 2020 he was the chairman of the 'Taxonomy and Systematics Committee' and 'Secretary for Strategy' of the Linnean Society.
[Annual Review 2017, Linnean Society, pp. 32, 34]
His research interests are in pure and applied plant anatomy, including the systematic anatomy of angiosperms, functional aspects of plant structure and the identification of fragmentary plant material.
Selected publications
* Cutler, D.F., Botha, E. & Stevenson, D.W. (2008) ''Plant Anatomy. An Applied approach'', Blackwell Publishing
* Gregory, M. & Cutler, D. F. (eds) (2002) ''Anatomy of the Monocotyledons IX Acoraceae and Araceae'', Oxford Science Publications.
* Fahn, A. & Cutler, D. F. (1992) ''Xerophytes. Encyclopedia of Plant Anatomy'', vol. XIII.3. Gebruder Borntraeger.
* Cutler, D. F. & Richardson, I. B. K. (1989) ''Tree Roots and Buildings'', 2nd Edition, revised, reference book. Longman Scientific and Technical.
References
Fellows of the Linnean Society of London
Presidents of the Linnean Society of London
Living people
1939 births
British botanists
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