Peter Sherlock Wyse Jackson (born 7 June 1955) is an Irish
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
environmentalist. He is president of the
Missouri Botanical Garden, and holder of the
George Engelmann
George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, (2 February 1809 – 4 February 1884) was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North America, then very poorly known to Europeans; he was particu ...
chair in
botany at
Washington University in St. Louis.
Early life
Wyse Jackson was born in
Kilkenny
Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512.
Kilken ...
, Ireland on 7 June 1955 to
Robert Wyse Jackson
Robert Wyse Jackson (12 July 1908 – 21 October 1976) was an Irish Bishop and author.
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he qualified as a barrister but was then ordained in 1934. He began his career as Curate of St James' Church, Broug ...
and Lois Margery (née Phair). His father was
Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe and
Dean of Cashel
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The Deanery is vacant.
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.
He grew up with an interest in birds and plants which he indulged on summer holidays to
Kerry. While getting his secondary education at
St Columba's College, Dublin he was introduced to
systematic botany.
Education
Wyse Jackson was educated at
Trinity College Dublin, where he took a
BA and an
MA in
botany, and a
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for work related to the
taxonomy of the
Cruciferae of Ireland.
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Career
Wyse Jackson left Trinity in 1987 and joined the , in south-west London. In 1994 he was made secretary-general of Botanic Gardens Conservation International, which he had helped to set up.[
In 2005 he returned to Ireland to become director of the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, Dublin.][
2010, Wyse Jackson succeeded ]Peter Raven
Peter Hamilton Raven (born June 13, 1936) is an American botanist and environmentalist, notable as the longtime director, now President Emeritus, of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Early life
On June 13, 1936, Raven was born in Shanghai, China ...
as president of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri. Concurrently with his selection as President of the Missouri Botanical Garden, he was named the George Engelmann Professor of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis.
He has written academic papers on plant conservation, botanic gardens and endangered island flora conservation.
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External links
* at Missouri Botanical Garden
* at Washington University in St. Louis
1955 births
Living people
20th-century Irish botanists
People from County Kilkenny
Missouri Botanical Garden directors
American nonprofit executives
People educated at St Columba's College, Dublin
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Washington University in St. Louis faculty
21st-century Irish botanists
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