Peter Shaw Ashton (born 27 June 1934)[1] is a British botanist.
He is Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry at Harvard University, and director of the Arnold Arboretum there from 1978 to 1987.
Born in Boscombe, Bournemouth, England, Ashton received his B.A.
[2] In 1983, Ashton was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
In 2015 the ATBC created in his honor the Peter Ashton Prize, awarded annually to the outstanding article published in the journal Biotropica by a student.