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Peter Crane

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British botanist and paleontologist (1954- )

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Sir Peter Crane is the current president of the Oak Spring Garden Foundation and senior research scientist in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University.

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2024Darwin-Wallace Medal
2014International Prize for Biology
1993Charles Schuchert Award
1984Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society
Fellow of the Royal Society
Knight Bachelor

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Sir Peter Crane is the current president of the Oak Spring Garden Foundation and senior research scientist in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. In addition to his work in leading and developing educational and natural history organizations, including the Field Museum in Chicago and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, he has had a long career as a professor and researcher in both the UK and the United States. He is best known for his work on the origin and early evolution of flowering plants (angiosperms) based on studies of the plant fossil record. His popular writing includes Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot, a book that traces the evolution and cultural history of Ginkgo biloba.

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United Kingdom
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Scientist
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Born 1954 · age 72
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