George R. Proctor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge R. Proctor
American botanist
Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1920
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 12-Oct-2015
Profession: botanist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About George R. Proctor
- George Richardson Proctor (1920–2015) was an American botanist and expert on Jamaican flora.
- He wrote widely on the topic, publishing Flora of the Cayman Islands, and collected over 55,000 specimens from 50 different islands in the Caribbean.
- He was considered one of the "four horsemen" of taxonomy in the West Indies and Caribbean.
- Thirty-one species were named in his honor, including Coccothrinax proctorii.
- Late in his life Proctor was arrested for a conspiracy to murder his wife at the age of 86, and in 2010 at the age of 90, was sentenced to four years in prison.
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