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Peter H. Raven Award for Scientific Outreach: 2000; National Medal of Science, presented by President Clinton: 2000; Botanical Society of Georgia, Member: 2001; Missouri Society Sons of the Revolution 1776, St. Louis Chapter, Modern Patriot Award: Officer of the Following Societies: 1968-69; California Botanical Society, Vice-President: 1972
It’s safe to say that few people have lived lives as thoroughly devoted to plants as Peter H. Raven has. The longtime director—now president emeritus—of the Missouri Botanical Garden, author of numerous leading textbooks and several hundred scholarly articles, Raven has been a tireless champion of sustainability and biodiversity, earning him the plaudit of “Hero for the Planet” from ...
Professor Peter Raven became a Tyler Prize Laureate in 1994, with research focused on botany, conservation, and sustainability. Described by Time Magazine as a “Hero for the Planet”, his combination of brilliant botanical research and efforts to address habitat destruction and species extinction worldwide have made him one of the most ...
Peter Hamilton Raven (born June 13, 1936) is an American botanist and environmentalist. He is known for being the director, now President Emeritus, of the Missouri Botanical Garden . [1] [2]
Jan 14, 2010 · Peter Raven, George Johnson, Kenneth Mason, Jonathan Losos, Susan Singer. McGraw-Hill Education, Jan 14, 2010 - Science - 1279 pages. Committed to Excellence. This edition continues the evolution of Raven & Johnson’s Biology. The author team is committed to continually improving the text, keeping the student and learning foremost.
May 8, 2021 · Peter Raven: Paul Ehrlich and I were sitting around the lunch table at Stanford and we realised that a lot was known about what kinds of food plants caterpillars ate, and it turns out that ...
The second group – scientists, researchers, graduate students, and Garden staff – are availing themselves of another treasure of the Garden: the world-acclaimed Peter H. Raven Library. Situated in the state-of-the-art headquarters of the Garden’s Monsanto Center research building at 4500 Shaw Blvd., the Library is vital to the institution ...
