Peter Crane

Professor Sir Peter Crane is the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London. He is a fellow of the Royal Society, a foreign associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was awarded a knighthood on June 12, 2004.

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Royal Botanic Gardens - Kew - London - Royal Society - United States National Academy of Sciences - Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences - June 12 - 2004

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Professor Crane is an alumni of the University of Reading. His own research interests involve the integration of studies of living and fossil plants, in order to understand large-scale patterns and processes of plant evolution. He has previously held positions at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago (as assistant curator in the Department of Geology, and director with overall responsibility for scientific programs) and at the University of Chicago (professor in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences).

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University of Reading - Field Museum of Natural History - Chicago - University of Chicago

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