Trevor Platt

Trevor Charles Platt, FRS, FRSC (August 12, 1942 – April 6, 2020) was a British biological oceanographer. He was known for his fundamental works to quantifying primary production by phytoplankton at many scales of space and time in the ocean. He was born in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. 
Platt worked with the Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO). He was a visiting Professor there in 2005, and then as its Executive Director from 2008 to 2015.
Platt died on April 6, 2020 in Plymouth, Devon, England at the age of 77.