PRANCE, Sir Ghillean Tolmie

PRANCE, Sir Ghillean Tolmie. British, b. 1937. Genres: Botany. Career: New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, research assistant, 1963-66, associate curator, 1966-68, curator, 1968-75, director of research, 1975-81, vice president, 1977-81, senior vice president and director of Institute of Economic Botany, 1981-88; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, director of graduate studies, 1973-75; Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, England, director, 1988-99; University of Reading, visiting professor, 1988-; Malvern College, governor, 1993-; Eden Project, scientific director, 1998-; National Tropical Botanical Garden, McBryde Professor, 2000-02. Publications: Leaves: The Formation, Characteristics and Uses of Hundreds of Leaves Found in All Parts of the World, 1986; Manual de Botanica Economica do Maranhao, 1988; Wild Flowers for All Seasons, 1989; Out of the Amazon, 1992; (with A.E. Prance) Bark: The Formation, Characteristics, and Uses of Bark around the World; Rainforests of the World, 1998; (with H.C.F. Hopkins, C.R. Huxley, C.M. Pannell, and F. White) The Biological Monograph, 1998. EDITOR: Biological Diversification in the Tropics, 1981; Amazonia: Key Environments, 1985; Tropical Forests and World Climate, 1986; (with T.C. Whitmore) Biogeography and Quaternary History in Tropical America (monographs), 1987; White Gold: The Diaries of an Amazon Rubber Tapper, 1989; (with C.B. Dewitt) Missionary Earthkeeping, 1992. Contributor to scientific journals and popular magazines. Address: The Old Vicarage, Silver St, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3HS, England. Online address: gtolmiep@aol.com