Ghillean Prance was born on 13 July 1937 in Brandeston, Suffolk, England.
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Ghillean Prance was educated at Malvern College and Keble College, Oxford.
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Ghillean Prance worked from 1963 at The New York Botanical Garden, initially as a research assistant and, on his departure in 1988, as Director of the Institute of Economic Botany and Senior Vice-President for Science.
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Ghillean Prance was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1988 to 1999.
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Ghillean Prance has remained very active in his retirement, notably involving himself with the Eden Project.
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Ghillean Prance is actively involved on environmental issues, a trustee of the Amazon Charitable Trust, and a Vice-President of the Nature in Art Trust.
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Ghillean Prance has been president of the UK Wild Flower Society for several years.
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Ghillean Prance was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993, and was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour in 1999.
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Ghillean Prance was awarded the Patron's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1994.
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Two photographic portraits of Ghillean Prance are held at the National Portrait Gallery, London.