OBE 1994; PhD; FLS; CBiol, FRSB
botanist; writer and broadcaster
OBE 1994; PhD; FLS; CBiol, FRSB
botanist; writer and broadcaster
PhD, DSc
Researcher (formerly Curator) of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Macroinvertebrates, Naturalis Biodiversity Center (formerly Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, then Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit - Naturalis), Netherlands, 2001–20
environmental consultant, 2000–14
Kt 2023
MP (C) Lichfield, since 1997 (Mid-Staffordshire, 1992–97)
MP (Lab) Newport West, since 1987
Born Troon, Ayrshire 2 March 1924; er s of late Peter and Annie Howie, Troon; m 1951, Mairi Margaret (d 2005), o d of late Martha and John Sanderson, Troon; two ...
Born 1 April 1920; s of 8th Earl of Ilchester and Laure Georgine Emilie (d 1970), d of late Evanghelos Georgios Mazaraki, sometime Treasurer of Suez Canal Company; ...
FRS 1966
author; Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, Space Department, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, 1968–88
freelance writer and consultant on responsible business, since 2010
CBE 1979; TD 1946
Born 21 July 1918; s of Matthew Lindsay and Eileen Frances Brock; m 1946, Aileen Joyce Gordon; one s two d (and one d decd); died...
KT 1997; PC 1979; FRSE 1984
Editor-in-Chief, Halsbury’s Laws of England, 1998–2015; Lord High Commissioner, General Assembly, Church of Scotland, 2005–06 and 2006–07; Lord Clerk Register of Scotland and Keeper of the Signet, 2007–22
Kt 1997; PC 1994
DLitt
Professor, Boston University, 1980–93, then Emeritus (Director: Center for Asian Development Studies, 1980–84; World Development Institute, 1984–90)
PC 2006
PhD
Pellegrino University Research Professor, 1997–2002, then Emeritus, and Hon. Curator in Entomology, since 1997, Harvard University (Curator in Entomology, 1972–97)