Roger Smith is a UK biologist and founder of the Millennium Seed Bank Project.[1][2] He was awarded an OBE in the 2000 New Year Honours List for services to the project.[3]

Smith joined the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1974,[4] after graduating from Manchester University with a BSc in botany.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Michael McCarthy (10 May 1999). "The Millennium Seed Bank – News". The Independent. London.
  2. ↑ Kranner, I.; Kastberger, G.; Hartbauer, M.; Pritchard, H. W. (2010). "Kew in Depth MSBP – Articles Published in Scientific Journals". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Kew.org. 107 (8): 3912–3917. doi:10.1073/pnas.0914197107. PMC 2840516. PMID 20133712.
  3. ↑ "New Year Honours – News". The Independent. London. 31 December 1999. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Life". The Times. 21 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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