- Vernon Heywood
Professor Vernon Hilton Heywood (born December 24, 1927) is a world renowned British biologist. His main fields of excellence are medicinal and aromatic plants, and the conservation of wild relatives of plants.
He is currently a professor on the academic staff at the
University of Reading in Reading,United Kingdom .In 1987 he was awarded the
Linnean Medal of theLinnean Society of London . [ [http://www.linnean.org/fileadmin/images/Awards/Recipients_of_the_Linnean_Medal.pdf Recipients of the Linnean Medal] .]Planta Europa honored him with their Linnaeus award at their fifth conference, held in 2007 inCluj Napoca . [ [http://www.plantaeuropa.org/pe-conferences-romania-AWARDS.htm About Planta Europa] .] The book "Taxonomy and Plant Conservation" (Cambridge University Press, 2006, Etelka Leadlay and Stephen Jury, eds.) was dedicated as a tribute to Heywood in honor of his 75th birthday. [ [http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521845069&ss=fro Publisher's catalog entry with text of frontmatter dedicating the book to Heywood] .]References
External links
* [http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Vernon%20H.%20Heywood&page=1 Heywood's publications from Amazon.com]
* [http://www.ams.rdg.ac.uk/Staff/academic/Professor%20Vernon%20Heywood.htm Professor Heywood's information page from the University of Reading]
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