| LC control no. | n 50033420 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gilmour, J. S. L. (John Scott Lennox), 1906-1986 |
| Variant(s) | Gilmour, John Scott Lennox, 1906- |
| Associated country | England |
| Birth date | 1906-09-28 |
| Death date | 1986-06-03 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Place of death | Cambridge (England) |
| Profession or occupation | Botanists Horticulturists |
| Found in | His British botanists, 1944. Johnson, T. Thomas Johnson, 1972: t.p. (J.S.L. Gilmour) Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, 5 Mar., 2015 (Gilmour, John Scott Lennox, botanist and horticulturist; born London, 28 September, 1906; went to Clare College, Cambridge, to read natural sciences; first appointment (1930) was as curator of the university herbarium and botanical museum in the botany school; promotion, in 1931, to the post of assistant director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew; directorship of the Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Wisley (1946-51); back to Cambridge as director of the botanic garden and a fellow of Clare College; held the directorship until his retirement in 1973; died Cambridge, 3 June, 1986) <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40034> |
| Associated language | eng |
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