Edward Edmund Kemp (26 July 1910 – 7 July 2012), known as Eddie Kemp, was a Scottish horticulturist. He served as curator of the

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from 1950 to 1971, then as the founding curator of the

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from 1971 to 1980. Kemp was appointed

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in 1959. He received the honorary degrees of

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from the

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in 1980, and of

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from

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in 1982. In 2010, shortly after his hundredth birthday, Kemp became the first recipient of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Medal. In 1954, Kemp married Helen Dunbar, ex-wife of William Collier (4th Baron Monkswell, renounced peerage). Kemp was therefore step-father to

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kemp, Edward 1910 births 2012 deaths Scottish horticulturists Members of the Order of the British Empire