Humphrey Gilbert-Carter

Humphrey Gilbert-Carter (1884–1969) was a British botanist and the first scientific director of the Cambridge Botanic Garden (1921–1950), being succeeded by John Gilmour. He published a guide to the botanic garden, and a guide to writing descriptive labels for botanic gardens. One of his students, Donald Piggott, would later become a professor in the Botany School, and director of the garden.

Life The second son of the colonial governor Sir Thomas Gilbert-Carter and Susan Laura Hocker, Gilbert-Carter was educated at Tonbridge School and Edinburgh University. After further studies at Marburg University and Cambridge University, he served as a botanist on the Botanical Survey of India during the First World War.