Background
Blackmore, Stephen was born on July 30, 1952 in Store-On-Trent, England. Son of Edwin Arthur and Josephine (Henwood) Blackmore.
Blackmore, Stephen was born on July 30, 1952 in Store-On-Trent, England. Son of Edwin Arthur and Josephine (Henwood) Blackmore.
He then worked at the Royal Society of London’s Research Station on Aldabra Atoll in the Indian Ocean before being appointed Lecturer in Biology and Head of the National Herbarium and Botanic Garden at the University of Malawi. In 1980, he was appointed Head of Palynology at Natural History Museum in London and from 1990 to 1999 served there as Keeper of Botany. He was Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh from 1999 until 20 December 2013, and was appointed Her Majesty"s Botanist in Scotland in 2010.
In the 2011 New Year Honours list he was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire for "services to plant conservation".
In 2013 Blackmore was appointed Chairman of the Darwin Expert Committee of the Darwin Initiative and, since 2014, he has also been Chairman of Botanic Gardens Conservation International. He serves on the board of the Seychelles Islands Foundation.
Fellow Linnean Society (Trail-Crisp medal 1989, Bicentennary medal 1992). Member The Systematics Association (president 1994-1997), United Kingdom Systematics Forum (chairman since 1992).
Married Patricia Jane Melrose Hawley, July 7, 1973. Children: Elizabeth Jane, Roger Arthur.
