Dukinfield Henry Scott FRS (November 28, 1854 – January 29, 1934) was a
British botanist.
The architect Sir
George Gilbert Scott was his father. Born in
London, he was educated at
Oxford University (awarded MA) and
Wurzburg University (awarded PhD), studying under the famous botanist
Julius von Sachs.
From 1882 to 1885 he was Assistant to the Professor of Botany at
University College, London, and from 1885 to 1892 Assistant Professor in Biology (Botany) at the
Royal College of Science, South Kensington. In 1892, Scott left the Royal College of Science when he was appointed Honorary Keeper of the Jodrell Laboratory,
Royal Gardens at Kew, a position he held for fourteen years. He published many papers on botany in scientific journals. He did important work in
paleobotany as the younger colleague of
William Crawford Williamson, one of the founders of paleobotany.
He was president of the
Linnean Society from 1908 to 1912. He was elected a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1916 and a
Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1894.
He was awarded the
Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1906, the
Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society in 1921, the
Darwin Medal of the Royal Society in 1926 and the
Wollaston Medal of the
Geological Society of London in 1928.
He died in East Oakley House near
Basingstoke, Hants. He had married...
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