John McNeill (botanist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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British-Canadian botanist (born 1933)
Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1933
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Profession: botanist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About John McNeill (botanist)
- John McNeill (born 15 September 1933) is a British and Canadian botanist and museum director who has worked particularly on the plant order Caryophyllales.
- As a nomenclature specialist, he has provided editorial guidance for journals and book series, and has served as a member of the Editorial Committee of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants since the XIII International Botanical Congress in 1981.
- He has served as Vice-rapporteur and Rapporteur-general for several botanical congresses, including at Melbourne (2011).
- As an editor for the journal Taxon, he is involved with assessing proposals to conserve and reject botanical names.
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