Bernard Verdcourt

{{Short description|British biologist and taxonomist (1925–2011)}}

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{{Infobox scientist

| name = Bernard Verdcourt

| image = Bernard Verdcourt00.jpg

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|01|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Luton, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|10|25|1925|01|20|df=y}}

| nationality = British

| death_place = Maidenhead, Berkshire, England

| fields = Biology
Taxonomy

| author_abbrev_bot = Verdc.

}}

Bernard Verdcourt (20 January 1925 – 25 October 2011) was a biologist and taxonomist, most widely known as a botanist and latterly an honorary research fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8860991/Bernard-Verdcourt.html Science Obituaries: Bernard Verdcourt]{{Cite journal|last1=Beentje|first1=Henk Jaap|last2=Polhill|first2=Roger|last3=Lewis|first3=Gwilym|date=2013|title=Bernard Verdcourt (1925 – 2011)|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/24717374|journal=Kew Bulletin|volume=68|issue=4|pages=527–534|doi=10.1007/s12225-013-9466-9|jstor=24717374|bibcode=2013KewBu..68..527B |s2cid=2761247|url-access=subscription}} Prior to coming to Kew in 1964, he was associated with the East African Herbarium for 15 years. Although his best-known work probably consists of his many studies of the East African flora, he has also made extensive contributions relating to African terrestrial mollusks and to entomology. Dr. Verdcourt received the Linnean Medal for botany from the Linnean Society of London in 2000.Award to Bernard Vercourt. Kew Scientist: Apr 2000(17):4.{{cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/science/directory/people/Verdcourt_Bernard.html |title=Verdcourt, Bernard - Kew: Science Directory |access-date=2008-11-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120022755/http://www.kew.org/science/directory/people/Verdcourt_Bernard.html |archive-date=2008-11-20 }} Kew Gardenshttp://www.linnean.org/index.php?id=347 Linnean Society of London His list of publications includes more than 1,000 scientific works. {{botanist|Verdc.|border=0|inline=1}}