Richard Thomas Martin Pescott (21 August 1905 – 22 February 1986) was an Australian botanist. Pescott was Director of the

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from 1944 to 1957, and then Director of the

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until his retirement in 1970. He was President of the

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from 1963 to 64. He was the nephew of the Australian naturalist

Edward Edgar Pescott Edward Edgar Pescott (11 December 1872 – 31 July 1954) was an Australian naturalist. He was Principal Governor of the Burnley School of Horticulture from 1909 to 1916, and Government Pomologist for the Victorian Department of Agriculture f ...

Works

* ''W. R. Guilfoyle, 1840-1912: The Master of Landscaping'', Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1974. . * ''The Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne: a history from 1845 to 1970'', Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1982. * "The Australian Gardening Book" (1991) * "Companion Planting Guide to the Australian Gardening Book" (1991)

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Biographical entry at Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pescott, Richard 1905 births 1986 deaths Botanists active in Australia Australian horticulturists Scientists from Melbourne 20th-century Australian botanists