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Ghillean Prance

February 16, 2024

Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance FRS FLS FRSB (born 13 July 1937) is a prominent British botanist and ecologist[3] who has published extensively[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][excessive citations] on the taxonomy of families such as Chrysobalanaceae and Lecythidaceae, but drew particular attention in documenting the pollination ecology of Victoria amazonica.[16][17] Prance is a former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[1]

Sir Ghillean Prance
Born
Ghillean Tolmie Prance

(1937-07-13) 13 July 1937 (age 86)[2]
Brandeston, Suffolk, England[2]
NationalityBritish
Alma materKeble College, University of Oxford
Known forDirector of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1988–1999)[1]
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsNew York Botanical Garden (1963–1988)[2]
ThesisA taxonomic study of the Chrysobalanaceae (1963)
Websiteedenproject.com/eden-story/about-us/sir-ghillean-prance-frs-vmh

Early life edit

Prance was born on 13 July 1937 in Brandeston, Suffolk, England.[2] He was educated at Malvern College and Keble College, Oxford.[18] In 1957, he achieved BSc Biology. In 1963 he received a D. Phil. in Forest Botany from the Commonwealth Forestry Institute, Oxford.[2]

Career edit

Prance worked from 1963 at The New York Botanical Garden, initially as a research assistant and, on his departure in 1988, as Director of the Institute of Economic Botany and Senior Vice-President for Science.[2] Much of his career at the New York Botanical Garden was spent conducting extensive fieldwork in the Amazon region of Brazil. In 1973 he coordinated the first Botany Postgraduate Degree held in the Amazon, at National Institute of Amazonian Research, in Manaus.[19] He was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1988 to 1999.[1]

Later work edit

He has remained very active in his retirement, notably involving himself with the Eden Project. Prance, a devout Christian, was the chair of A Rocha[20] and was president of Christians in Science 2002–08.[21]

He is actively involved on environmental issues, a trustee of the Amazon Charitable Trust,[18] and a Vice-President of the Nature in Art Trust.[22] He has been president of the UK Wild Flower Society for several years.[when?][23][24]

Honours edit

Prance was knighted in 1995. He has been a Fellow of the Linnean Society since 1961, and served as its president in the years 1997–2000. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993, and was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour in 1999.[1] He was awarded the Patron's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1994.[25]

In 2000 he was made a Commander of the Order of the Southern Cross by the President of Brazil.[18] In 2012 he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays and Neck Ribbon by the Government of Japan.[26]

Legacy edit

Two photographic portraits of Prance are held at the National Portrait Gallery, London.[27]

In 1984, botanist Dieter Carl Wasshausen published Pranceacanthus, a genus of flowering plants from Brazil and Bolivia belonging to the family Acanthaceae and named after Prance.[28]

A biography of Prance was written by Clive Langmead in 2001.[3]

The standard author abbreviation Prance is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[29]

Video edit

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e . Kew, History & Heritage. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Sinon, Stephen (August 2000). "Records of the Herbarium (RG4) GHILLEAN T. PRANCE RECORDS (1963–1988)". Archives and Manuscript Collections. New York Botanical Garden. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b Langmead, Clive (2001). A Passion for Plants: Life and Vision of Ghillean Prance, Director of Kew Gardens. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. ISBN 1-900347-76-8.
  4. ^ Bebber, D. P.; Carine, M. A.; Wood, J. R. I.; Wortley, A. H.; Harris, D. J.; Prance, G. T.; Davidse, G.; Paige, J.; Pennington, T. D.; Robson, N. K. B.; Scotland, R. W. (2010). "Herbaria are a major frontier for species discovery". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (51): 22169–22171. Bibcode:2010PNAS..10722169B. doi:10.1073/pnas.1011841108. PMC 3009773. PMID 21135225.
  5. ^ Prance, G. T. (2002). "Species survival and carbon retention in commercially exploited tropical rainforest". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 360 (1797): 1777–1785. Bibcode:2002RSPTA.360.1777P. doi:10.1098/rsta.2002.1041. PMID 12460497. S2CID 23286528.
  6. ^ Brown, S.; Swingland, I. R.; Hanbury-Tenison, R.; Prance, G. T.; Myers, N. (2002). "Changes in the use and management of forests for abating carbon emissions: Issues and challenges under the Kyoto Protocol". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 360 (1797): 1593–1605. Bibcode:2002RSPTA.360.1593B. doi:10.1098/rsta.2002.1021. PMID 12460486. S2CID 2549023.
  7. ^ Prance, G. T. (2000). "Ethnobotany and the future of conservation". Biologist (London, England). 47 (2): 65–68. PMID 11190230.
  8. ^ Prance, G. (1999). "The poisons and narcotics of the Amazonian Indians". Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 33 (4): 368–376. PMC 9665745. PMID 10472027.
  9. ^ Morton, C.; Mori, S.; Prance, G.; Karol, K.; Chase, M. (1997). "Phylogenetic relationships of Lecythidaceae: A cladistic analysis using rbcL sequence and morphological data". American Journal of Botany. 84 (4): 530–540. doi:10.2307/2446029. JSTOR 2446029. PMID 21708605.
  10. ^ Dalton, H.; Goodwin, B.; Ho, M. W.; McGlade, J.; Prance, G.; Saunders, P.; Sherratt, D.; Smith, J. M.; Whittenbury, R. (1997). "Patent threat to research". Nature. 385 (6618): 672. Bibcode:1997Natur.385..672D. doi:10.1038/385672a0. PMID 9034179.
  11. ^ Prance, G. T. (1991). "What is ethnobotany today?". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 32 (1–3): 209–216. doi:10.1016/0378-8741(91)90120-3. PMID 1881159.
  12. ^ Prance, G. T. (1982). "Threatened Plants". Science. 216 (4549): 977–978. Bibcode:1982Sci...216..977S. doi:10.1126/science.216.4549.977. PMID 17809062.
  13. ^ Mori, S. A.; Orchard, J. E.; Prance, G. T. (1980). "Intrafloral Pollen Differentiation in the New World Lecythidaceae, Subfamily Lecythidoideae". Science. 209 (4454): 400–403. Bibcode:1980Sci...209..400M. doi:10.1126/science.209.4454.400. PMID 17747812. S2CID 20448653.
  14. ^ Fidalgo, O.; Prance, G. T. (1976). "The ethnomycology of the Sanama Indians". Mycologia. 68 (1): 201–210. doi:10.2307/3758915. JSTOR 3758915. PMID 934181.
  15. ^ Prance, G. T. (1973). "The mycological diet of the Yanomam Indians". Mycologia. 65 (1): 248–250. doi:10.2307/3757814. JSTOR 3757814. PMID 4734424.
  16. ^ Prance, Anne E.; Sandved, Kjell Bloch; Prance, Ghillean T. (1993). Bark: the formation, characteristics, and uses of bark around the world. Portland, Or: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-262-5.
  17. ^ Sandved, Kjell Bloch; Prance, Ghillean T. (1985). Leaves, the formation, characteristics, and uses of hundreds of leaves found in all parts of the world. [New York]: Crown. ISBN 0-517-55152-7.
  18. ^ a b c . Trustees. Amazon Charitable Trust. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  19. ^ "História do PPG-Ecologia do INPA". ppginpa.eco.br. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. December 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  20. ^ "International Trustees". A Rocha. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  21. ^ "Presidents". Christians in Science. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  22. ^ . Nature in Art Trust. Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  23. ^ Marren, Peter (23 August 2010). "Wild Flower Society: Floral fixation". The Independent on Sunday. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  24. ^ The Wild Flower Society website
  25. ^ (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  26. ^ "Decorations for two worthy recipients celebrated at the Embassy". uk.emb-japan.go.jp. Embassy of Japan in the UK. December 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  27. ^ "Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance (1937–), Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens". Collections. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  28. ^ "Pranceacanthus Wassh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  29. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Prance.

External links edit

February 16, 2024
ghillean, prance, ghillean, tolmie, prance, frsb, born, july, 1937, prominent, british, botanist, ecologist, published, extensively, excessive, citations, taxonomy, families, such, chrysobalanaceae, lecythidaceae, drew, particular, attention, documenting, poll. Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance FRS FLS FRSB born 13 July 1937 is a prominent British botanist and ecologist 3 who has published extensively 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 excessive citations on the taxonomy of families such as Chrysobalanaceae and Lecythidaceae but drew particular attention in documenting the pollination ecology of Victoria amazonica 16 17 Prance is a former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1 Sir Ghillean PranceBornGhillean Tolmie Prance 1937 07 13 13 July 1937 age 86 2 Brandeston Suffolk England 2 NationalityBritishAlma materKeble College University of OxfordKnown forDirector of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1988 1999 1 AwardsLinnean Medal 1990 International Cosmos Prize 1993 Fellow of the Royal Society 1993 1 Knight BachelorScientific careerFieldsBotanyInstitutionsNew York Botanical Garden 1963 1988 2 ThesisA taxonomic study of the Chrysobalanaceae 1963 Websiteedenproject wbr com wbr eden story wbr about us wbr sir ghillean prance frs vmh Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Later work 4 Honours 5 Legacy 6 Video 7 References 8 External linksEarly life editPrance was born on 13 July 1937 in Brandeston Suffolk England 2 He was educated at Malvern College and Keble College Oxford 18 In 1957 he achieved BSc Biology In 1963 he received a D Phil in Forest Botany from the Commonwealth Forestry Institute Oxford 2 Career editPrance worked from 1963 at The New York Botanical Garden initially as a research assistant and on his departure in 1988 as Director of the Institute of Economic Botany and Senior Vice President for Science 2 Much of his career at the New York Botanical Garden was spent conducting extensive fieldwork in the Amazon region of Brazil In 1973 he coordinated the first Botany Postgraduate Degree held in the Amazon at National Institute of Amazonian Research in Manaus 19 He was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew from 1988 to 1999 1 Later work editHe has remained very active in his retirement notably involving himself with the Eden Project Prance a devout Christian was the chair of A Rocha 20 and was president of Christians in Science 2002 08 21 He is actively involved on environmental issues a trustee of the Amazon Charitable Trust 18 and a Vice President of the Nature in Art Trust 22 He has been president of the UK Wild Flower Society for several years when 23 24 Honours editPrance was knighted in 1995 He has been a Fellow of the Linnean Society since 1961 and served as its president in the years 1997 2000 He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993 and was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour in 1999 1 He was awarded the Patron s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1994 25 In 2000 he was made a Commander of the Order of the Southern Cross by the President of Brazil 18 In 2012 he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun Gold Rays and Neck Ribbon by the Government of Japan 26 Legacy editTwo photographic portraits of Prance are held at the National Portrait Gallery London 27 In 1984 botanist Dieter Carl Wasshausen published Pranceacanthus a genus of flowering plants from Brazil and Bolivia belonging to the family Acanthaceae and named after Prance 28 A biography of Prance was written by Clive Langmead in 2001 3 The standard author abbreviation Prance is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 29 Video editA Passion for Plants DVD Christian Television Association of the UK References edit a b c d e Ghillean Prance 1937 Kew History amp Heritage Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Archived from the original on 12 February 2013 Retrieved 25 February 2014 a b c d e f Sinon Stephen August 2000 Records of the Herbarium RG4 GHILLEAN T PRANCE RECORDS 1963 1988 Archives and Manuscript Collections New York Botanical Garden Retrieved 25 February 2014 a b Langmead Clive 2001 A Passion for Plants Life and Vision of Ghillean Prance Director of Kew Gardens Kew Royal Botanic Gardens ISBN 1 900347 76 8 Bebber D P Carine M A Wood J R I Wortley A H Harris D J Prance G T Davidse G Paige J Pennington T D Robson N K B Scotland R W 2010 Herbaria are a major frontier for species discovery Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 51 22169 22171 Bibcode 2010PNAS 10722169B doi 10 1073 pnas 1011841108 PMC 3009773 PMID 21135225 Prance G T 2002 Species survival and carbon retention in commercially exploited tropical rainforest Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 360 1797 1777 1785 Bibcode 2002RSPTA 360 1777P doi 10 1098 rsta 2002 1041 PMID 12460497 S2CID 23286528 Brown S Swingland I R Hanbury Tenison R Prance G T Myers N 2002 Changes in the use and management of forests for abating carbon emissions Issues and challenges under the Kyoto Protocol Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 360 1797 1593 1605 Bibcode 2002RSPTA 360 1593B doi 10 1098 rsta 2002 1021 PMID 12460486 S2CID 2549023 Prance G T 2000 Ethnobotany and the future of conservation Biologist London England 47 2 65 68 PMID 11190230 Prance G 1999 The poisons and narcotics of the Amazonian Indians Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London 33 4 368 376 PMC 9665745 PMID 10472027 Morton C Mori S Prance G Karol K Chase M 1997 Phylogenetic relationships of Lecythidaceae A cladistic analysis using rbcL sequence and morphological data American Journal of Botany 84 4 530 540 doi 10 2307 2446029 JSTOR 2446029 PMID 21708605 Dalton H Goodwin B Ho M W McGlade J Prance G Saunders P Sherratt D Smith J M Whittenbury R 1997 Patent threat to research Nature 385 6618 672 Bibcode 1997Natur 385 672D doi 10 1038 385672a0 PMID 9034179 Prance G T 1991 What is ethnobotany today Journal of Ethnopharmacology 32 1 3 209 216 doi 10 1016 0378 8741 91 90120 3 PMID 1881159 Prance G T 1982 Threatened Plants Science 216 4549 977 978 Bibcode 1982Sci 216 977S doi 10 1126 science 216 4549 977 PMID 17809062 Mori S A Orchard J E Prance G T 1980 Intrafloral Pollen Differentiation in the New World Lecythidaceae Subfamily Lecythidoideae Science 209 4454 400 403 Bibcode 1980Sci 209 400M doi 10 1126 science 209 4454 400 PMID 17747812 S2CID 20448653 Fidalgo O Prance G T 1976 The ethnomycology of the Sanama Indians Mycologia 68 1 201 210 doi 10 2307 3758915 JSTOR 3758915 PMID 934181 Prance G T 1973 The mycological diet of the Yanomam Indians Mycologia 65 1 248 250 doi 10 2307 3757814 JSTOR 3757814 PMID 4734424 Prance Anne E Sandved Kjell Bloch Prance Ghillean T 1993 Bark the formation characteristics and uses of bark around the world Portland Or Timber Press ISBN 0 88192 262 5 Sandved Kjell Bloch Prance Ghillean T 1985 Leaves the formation characteristics and uses of hundreds of leaves found in all parts of the world New York Crown ISBN 0 517 55152 7 a b c Professor Sir Ghillean Prance Trustees Amazon Charitable Trust Archived from the original on 1 March 2014 Retrieved 25 February 2014 Historia do PPG Ecologia do INPA ppginpa eco br Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia December 2016 Retrieved 23 August 2018 International Trustees A Rocha Retrieved 17 March 2013 Presidents Christians in Science Retrieved 17 March 2013 Nature in Art Trust Nature in Art Trust Archived from the original on 9 May 2010 Retrieved 23 March 2010 Marren Peter 23 August 2010 Wild Flower Society Floral fixation The Independent on Sunday Retrieved 25 March 2021 The Wild Flower Society website List of Past Gold Medal Winners PDF Royal Geographical Society Archived from the original PDF on 27 September 2011 Retrieved 24 August 2015 Decorations for two worthy recipients celebrated at the Embassy uk emb japan go jp Embassy of Japan in the UK December 2012 Retrieved 7 June 2017 Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance 1937 Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Collections National Portrait Gallery London Retrieved 25 February 2014 Pranceacanthus Wassh Plants of the World Online Kew Science Plants of the World Online Retrieved 20 May 2021 International Plant Names Index Prance External links editThe 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