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Gordon Rowley, Keeper of the Rose Collection
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- 1936-c2000 (Creation)
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Admin History: Gordon Douglas Rowley (born July 31, 1921, London - 2019) was a British botanist and author of numerous books on cacti and other succulents. He received a Bachelor of Science in Botany from the University of London and worked from 1948 to 1961 at the John Innes Institute. Until his retirement in 1981, he lectured at the University of Reading. His specialties are the cacti and the other succulents. He undertook several research trips to Africa, the USA and Mexico. From 1966 to 1976 he was President of the African Succulent Plant Society and from 1983 President of the British Cactus and Succulent Society. For several years he was also the editor of the magazine Bradleya.
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