John Gilmour (botanist)

John Scott Lennox Gilmour VMH FLS (28 September 1906 – 3 June 1986) was a British botanist, curator of the Cambridge University Herbarium, and later director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge.

John Gilmour
Born28 September 1906
London
Died3 June 1986(1986-06-03) (aged 79)
EducationUppingham School
Clare College, Cambridge
Known forBotany, Horticulture, Systematics
AwardsVictoria Medal of Honour
Scientific career
InstitutionsCambridge University Botanic Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, RHS Wisley
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