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He was awarded a [[Post-graduate diploma in management studies (UK)|Diploma in Management Studies]] (DMS) from [[University of West London|Thames Valley College]] in 1990 and worked in [[Information technology]] at KPOS Computer Systems<ref>{{Cite web |title=K P O S Computer Systems LTD |url=https://www.bizseek.co.uk/k-p-o-s-computer-systems-ltd-01753-770400 |website=BIZ SEEK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=K P O S COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD BUSINESS DATA|url=https://leadquest.co.uk/andrew+scott_k-p-o-s-computer-systems-ltd-gb|website=LeadQuest}}</ref> and Swan Retail.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2007 |title=Swan team strengthened |url=http://www.swanretail.co.uk/page18.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320094340/http://www.swanretail.co.uk/page18.html |archive-date=20 March 2008 |website=Swan Retail Ltd}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 2015|title=Andy Scott Retires|url=https://www.swanretail.co.uk/news/Swan-Retail-Winter_Newsletter-2015.PDF|website=Swan Retail}}</ref>
He was awarded a [[Post-graduate diploma in management studies (UK)|Diploma in Management Studies]] (DMS) from [[University of West London|Thames Valley College]] in 1990 and worked in [[Information technology]] at KPOS Computer Systems<ref>{{Cite web |title=K P O S Computer Systems LTD |url=https://www.bizseek.co.uk/k-p-o-s-computer-systems-ltd-01753-770400 |website=BIZ SEEK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=K P O S COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD BUSINESS DATA|url=https://leadquest.co.uk/andrew+scott_k-p-o-s-computer-systems-ltd-gb|website=LeadQuest}}</ref> and Swan Retail.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 September 2007 |title=Swan team strengthened |url=http://www.swanretail.co.uk/page18.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320094340/http://www.swanretail.co.uk/page18.html |archive-date=20 March 2008 |website=Swan Retail Ltd}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 2015|title=Andy Scott Retires|url=https://www.swanretail.co.uk/news/Swan-Retail-Winter_Newsletter-2015.PDF|website=Swan Retail}}</ref>


''[[Gossia]] scottiana'' N.Snow is named for him.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Snow|first=Neil|date=2006|title=New species of Gossia N.Snow & Guymer and Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Hassk. (Myrtaceae) from Papua New Guinea|journal=Austrobaileya|volume=7|issue=2|pages=325–340|jstor=41739039}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wegrzyn |first=Magdalena |date=29 January 2007 |title=A trip to the herbarium |pages=2–3 |work=[[The Mirror (UNC newspaper)|The Mirror]] |url=https://digarch.unco.edu/islandora/object/cogru%3A94880/datastream/PDF/download |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref>
''[[Gossia]] scottiana'' N.Snow is named for him.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Snow|first=Neil|date=2006|title=New species of Gossia N.Snow & Guymer and Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Hassk. (Myrtaceae) from Papua New Guinea|journal=Austrobaileya|volume=7|issue=2|pages=325–340|jstor=41739039}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wegrzyn |first=Magdalena |date=29 January 2007 |title=A trip to the herbarium |url=https://digarch.unco.edu/islandora/object/cogru%3A94880/datastream/PDF/download |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108151852/https://digarch.unco.edu/islandora/object/cogru:94880/datastream/PDF/download |archive-date=8 January 2023 |access-date=8 January 2023 |work=[[The Mirror (UNC newspaper)|The Mirror]] |pages=2–3}}</ref>


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Andrew John Scott
Born1950
Torquay, Devon
NationalityBritish
Known forBotany
Taxonomy
SpousePamela Lacy
Scientific career
InstitutionsRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Author abbrev. (botany)A.J.Scott

Andrew John Scott (born 1950, Torquay) is a British botanist.[1]

He attended St Peter's School, Southbourne (1961-1969), where he was active in their fencing club.[2][3] He went on to study Biology at York University (B.A., 1972) followed by an M.Sc. in Pure and Applied Plant Taxonomy at Reading University (1973), with a project on "Lotus section Pedrosia in the Canary Islands".[4] In 1976 he was awarded a Ph.D. from Birmingham University for the thesis "The Systematics of the Chenopodiaceae" using Numerical taxonomy.[5]

He worked (1976-1978) as a taxonomist at the Herbarium, Kew Gardens, working on Myrtaceae.[6][7][8] Later he worked on the Flora of the Mascarenes project at Kew. Elected a member of the Linnean Society of London in 1976.[9] He has published articles on the classification of the Chenopodiaceae and Myrtaceae.

He was awarded a Diploma in Management Studies (DMS) from Thames Valley College in 1990 and worked in Information technology at KPOS Computer Systems[10][11] and Swan Retail.[12][13]

Gossia scottiana N.Snow is named for him.[14][15]

The standard author abbreviation A.J.Scott is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

Selected publications[edit]

1990. Myrtacées. In: Bosser J, Cadet T, Guého J, Marais W (Eds) Flore des Mascareignes: La Réunion, Maurice, Rodrigues 92. MSIRI, Port Louis, ORSTOM, Paris, Royal Botanical Gardens, London.OCLC 9896555

1990. Wild Flowers of Andorra. Quarterly Bulletin of the Alpine Garden Society, Vol.58(4):374-379.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Scott, Andrew John (1950-)". PNI (2021). International Plant Names Index. Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  2. ^ "County foil double for St Peter's". Bournemouth Evening Echo. 14 January 1969.
  3. ^ Smith, T.S. (1998). St Peter's - Independent Days. A history of the school and site, 1870-1980. Bournemouth: The Highmoor Press. pp. 129–130.
  4. ^ Bramwell, David; Bramwell, Zoe I. (1974). Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands. Stanley Thornes. pp. ix.
  5. ^ "DISSERTATION The systematics of the Chenopodiaceae sensu Ulbrich". University of Birmingham.
  6. ^ Sands, Martin (1976). "News of Kewites at home and abroad in 1976". The Journal of the Kew Guild. 9: 491.
  7. ^ "Review of the Work of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 1976". Kew Bulletin. 32 (4): 835, 838. 1978. JSTOR 4109791.
  8. ^ "Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Scientific, Technical and Administrative Staff". Kew Bulletin. 32 (4): 863–872. 1978. JSTOR 4109792.
  9. ^ "Records of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London for the session of 1975-76". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 8 (4): 366. December 1976.
  10. ^ "K P O S Computer Systems LTD". BIZ SEEK.
  11. ^ "K P O S COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD BUSINESS DATA". LeadQuest.
  12. ^ "Swan team strengthened". Swan Retail Ltd. 3 September 2007. Archived from the original on 20 March 2008.
  13. ^ "Andy Scott Retires" (PDF). Swan Retail. November 2015.
  14. ^ Snow, Neil (2006). "New species of Gossia N.Snow & Guymer and Rhodomyrtus (DC.) Hassk. (Myrtaceae) from Papua New Guinea". Austrobaileya. 7 (2): 325–340. JSTOR 41739039.
  15. ^ Wegrzyn, Magdalena (29 January 2007). "A trip to the herbarium". The Mirror. pp. 2–3. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.


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