Prof John McNeill

Prof John McNeill's Biography

Forename(s)
John
Sex
Male
Date of Birth
15/9/1933
Foretitle(s)
Prof
Surname
McNEILL
Style
Prof John McNeill

Prof John McNeill's Professional Career

Career
asst lectr then lectr Dept of Agric Botany Univ of Reading 1957-61, lectr Dept of Botany Univ of Liverpool 1961-69, sr res scientist Biosystematics Res Inst Canada Ottawa 1977-81 (res sci when formerly known as Plant Res Inst 1969-77), prof and chm Dept of Biology Univ of Ottawa Canada 1981-87, regius keeper Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 1987-89 (hon assoc 1998-), dir and pres Royal Ontario Museum Toronto Canada 1991-97 (assoc dir curatorial 1989-90, actg dir 1990-91, dir emeritus 1997-); concurrently dir George R Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art Toronto and pres Royal Ontario Museum Fndn; prof Dept of Botany Univ of Toronto, adjunct prof Dept of Biology Univ of Ottawa 1991; nomenclature ed Taxon - Int Jl of Plant Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Evolution 2000-; pres: Biological Cncl of Canada 1986-87 (vice-pres 1984-86), Canadian Cncl of Univ Biology Chairmen 1984-85 (vice-pres 1983-84); chm: Int Organization for Plant Information 1997-2000 (vice-chm 1993-96), Flora North America Mgmnt Ctee 1998-2001; rapporteur-général Nomenclature Section XVII and XVIII Int Botanical Congress 1999-; treas Int Organization for Systematic and Evolutionary Biology 1996-2002; exec memb Int Union of Biological Sci 1985-88 and 1991-94, admin of fin Int Assoc of Plant Taxonomy 1987-93 (cncllr 1981-87 and 1993-2005); author of numerous scientific papers and reports; memb 15 scientific socs

Prof John McNeill's Publications

Books and Publications
Phenetic and Phylogenetic Classification (ed with V H Heywood, 1964), Grasses of Ontario (with W G Dore, 1980), The Genus Atriplex in Canada (with I J Bassett et al, 1983), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (adopted 1981, jt ed, 1983), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (adopted 1987, jt ed, 1988), Preliminary Inventory of Canadian Weeds (with C W Crompton, A E Stahevitch and W A Wojtas, 1988), Flora of North America (Vols 1 and 2I, jt ed, 1993, Vol 3, jt ed, 1997, Vol 22, jt ed, 2000, Vol 23, jt ed, 2003, Vol 26, jt ed, 2002), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (adopted 1993, jt ed, 1994), International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (jt ed, 1995 and 2004), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (adopted 1999, jt ed, 2000), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (adopted 2005, chair Editorial Ctee 2006)

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