Education
Cheek attended the University of Reading, graduating with a Bachelor of Science He earned his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford in 1989.
Cheek attended the University of Reading, graduating with a Bachelor of Science He earned his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford in 1989.
In 1981 and a Master of Science in 1983. With Matthew Jebb, Cheek revised the pitcher plant genus Nepenthes in two major monographs: a skeletal revision in 1997 and a more in-depth treatment of the Malesian species for Flora Malesiana in 2001. In these and other works, Cheek has described a number of species new to science, often in collaboration with Jebb.
These include: North. abalata, North. abgracilis, North. alzapan, North. argentii, North. aristolochioides, North. cid, North. danseri, North. diatas, North. extincta, North. hurrelliana, North. kitanglad, North. kurata, North. lamii, North. leyte, North. mira, North. murudensis, North. negros, North. ramos, North. robcantleyi, North. samar, North. thai, and North. ultra.
Cheek and Jebb also raised North. macrophylla to species rank. Cheek and his research are featured in the documentary The Mists of Mwanenguba.