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David Bramwell (born 25 November 1942 in Ormskirk, near Liverpool, Lancashire) is an English botanist and taxonomist who was director of the Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo, Gran Canaria (1974-2012) and who is active in the conservation of insular floras.[1][2][3][4]
Education
He attended Old Hall Grammar School and studied botany at the University of Liverpool (B.Sc. 1962-1966, M.Sc. 1967), with postgraduate study at the University of Seville (1968-1969). He completed his doctoral thesis on a "Revision of the genus Echium in Macaronesia" at the University of Reading (1969-1971).[1]
Career
In 1971 he joined the staff at the Plant Sciences Department, University of Reading, under Professor Vernon Heywood, teaching plant taxonomy on the M.Sc. course Pure and Applied Plant Taxonomy, and was curator of the Herbarium. He was assistant editor of the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society and secretary of the International Flora of Macaronesia project. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1971.
He left Reading in 1974 when he was appointed the Director of Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo. He retired in 2012 as Director Emeritus. He was Director Plan Especial de Proteccion de Espacios Naturales de Gran Canaria (1984-1986), and Director Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BCGI) (2005-2016). He is a member of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) since 2008. He was appointed Director of the UNESCO Chair for the Conservation of Plant Biodiversity in Macaronesia and West Africa (2011-2014). He has published over 100 articles and several books on the Flora of the Canary Islands.[3][5]
In 1967 he married Zoe Taylor (born 1944), a graduate of the University of Liverpool and a botanical illustrator.
Awards
The Sir Peter Scott Award for Conservation Merit (1984).[6]
MBE in the 1990 Birthday Honours for services to the British community in Las Palmas, Canary Islands.[7]
The Cesar Manrique Prize for Environment (1996).[4]
International Award of Excellence in Conservation from the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (2003).[8]
Adopted Son of the Island of Gran Canaria (2005).[3]
Canary Islands Award (2013).
Henry Shaw Medal (2013) by Missouri Botanical Garden.[9]
Eponymy
Aeonium davidbramwellii H.Y.Liu
Selected books
Plants and Islands (1979). David Bramwell (Editor). Academic Press Inc. ISBN 978-0121254605
Botanic Gardens and the World: Conservation Strategy. (1987). D. Bramwell (Editor). Academic Press Inc. ISBN 978-0121254629
Subtropical Gardens (1995). David Bramwell, Zoe Bramwell. Rueda. ISBN 978-847207086
Medicinal Plants of the Canary Islands (2004). David Bramwell. Rueda ISBN 978-8472071728
Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands (2001, 4th Edition). David Bramwell, Zoe Bramwell. Rueda. ISBN 9788472071285
The Biology of Island Floras (2011). David Bramwell (Editor), Juli Caujapé-Castells (Editor). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521118088
References
- ↑ a b Nicholas Polunin: World Who Is Who and Does What in Environment and Conservation. Routledge, 1997, ISBN 978-1-84971-005-3, S. 39.
- ↑ Bramwell, David (1942-). In: International Plant Name Index (IPNI). Abgerufen am 19. November 2021.
- ↑ a b c DAVID BRAMWELL (entregada el 6 de diciembre de 2012). In: Jardín Botánico Canario "Viera y Clavijo" - Unidad Asociada al CSIC. Abgerufen am 19. November 2021.
- ↑ a b David Bramwell: Tommy Quickly: A Manager Recalls. In: Bill Harry/Mersey Beat Ltd.
- ↑ La consolidación científica (1974-2012): Dr. David Bramwell. In: Jardín Botánico Canario "Viera y Clavijo" - Unidad Asociada al CSIC. Abgerufen am 19. November 2021.
- ↑ The Sir Peter Scott Award for Conservation Merit. In: IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- ↑ M.B.E. In: The London Gazette. 52173. Jahrgang, 15. Juni 1990, S. 17 (thegazette.co.uk).
- ↑ Recipients of BRIT’s International Award of Excellence in Conservation. In: Botanical Research Institute of Texas.
- ↑ Henry Shaw Dinner. In: Missouri Botanic Garden Bulletin. 102. Jahrgang, S. 15 (mobot.org [PDF]).