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'''Mark Wayne Chase''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS}} (born 1951) is a US-born British botanist. He is noted for work in plant classification and evolution, and one of the instigators of the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]]-classification for flowering plants which is partly based on DNA studies. In particular he has researched [[orchid]]s, and currently investigates ploidy and hybridization in ''[[Nicotiana]]''.<ref>Chase, M. W., M. J. M. Christenhusz, J. G. Conran, S. Dodsworth, F. Nollet Medeiros de Assis, L. P. Felix and M. F. Fay. 2018. Unexpected diversity of Australian tobacco species (Nicotiana section Suaveolentes, Solanaceae). Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 35: 212–227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/curt.12241</ref> <br />
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In 1984, he received 'The [[George Hill Mathewson Lawrence|George H.M. Lawrence]] Memorial Award', in the amount of $2,000, presented by the [[Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation]], [[Carnegie Mellon University]] and presented at the annual banquet of the [[Botanical Society of America]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lawrence Memorial Award {{!}} Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation |url=https://www.huntbotanical.org/about/?8 |website=www.huntbotanical.org |access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref><br />
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In 1998 he shared the [[Linnean Medal]] with [[Colin Patterson (biologist)|Colin Patterson]]. In 2008 he was one of thirteen recipients of the [[Darwin-Wallace Medal]], which was given every 50 years by the [[Linnean Society of London]]. He was the Keeper of the [[Jodrell Laboratory]]; he is now retired but still an honorary research associate at the [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]]. He is a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]].<ref>[http://www.kew.org/press/newkeeper.html Royal Garden's Kew site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907110513/http://www.kew.org/press/newkeeper.html |date=7 September 2008 }}</ref><br />
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He was awarded the [[Veitch Memorial Medal]] of the [[Royal Horticultural Society]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://press.rhs.org.uk/RHS-Science-and-Advice/Press-releases/2014-RHS-Awards-for-Exceptional-Contributions-to-H.aspx |title=2014 RHS Awards for Exceptional Contributions to Horticulture Announced |access-date=24 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317154726/http://press.rhs.org.uk/RHS-Science-and-Advice/Press-releases/2014-RHS-Awards-for-Exceptional-Contributions-to-H.aspx |archive-date=17 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== Selected publications ==<br />
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== Taxa named by Mark Chase ==<br />
See [[:Category:Taxa named by Mark Wayne Chase|Taxa named by Mark Wayne Chase]].<br />
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