Richard Thomas Martin Pescott (21 August 1905 – 22 February 1986) was an Australian botanist.
[citation needed] Pescott was Director of the National Museum of Victoria from 1944 to 1957, and then Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne until his retirement in 1970.
[1] He was President of the Royal Society of Victoria from 1963 to 64.
[citation needed] He was the nephew of the Australian naturalist Edward Edgar Pescott.
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