Alan Gemmell (botanist)
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For the British diplomat, see Alan Gemmell.
Alan Robertson Gemmell OBE JP FRSE (10 May 1913 – 5 July 1986[1][2]) was Professor of Biology at Keele University and a regular member of the panel on the BBC Radio Home Service (later BBC Radio 4) programme Gardeners' Question Time from 1950 for some 30 years.[3] Disagreements on the programme between Gemmell and fellow panel member Bill Sowerbutts became legendary.[4]