Infobox Painting image file Theyoungbotanist.jpg painting alignment right image size 300px title The Young Botanist artist Paul Peel year 1890 type Oil painting Oil on canvas height 114.9 width 91.4 diameter cm diameter inch city London , Ontario museum Museum London The Young Botanist is a painting by Canadian artist Paul Peel . Peel began work on the painting in 1888. He continued work for two more years, completing the work in 1890. In 1987, Museum London , in London, Ontario, purchased the painting. It is still located there. ref cite web url http www.londonmuseum.on.ca Historical First Ren ppeel8.html title Paul Peel, Historical Artist, LRAHM accessdate 2007 06 01 format HTML archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070423165932 http www.londonmuseum.on.ca Historical First Ren ppeel8.html Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 04 23 ref References reflist External links http www.londonmuseum.on.ca Historical First Ren ppeel8.html Paul Peel, Historical Artist, LRAHM DEFAULTSORT Young Botanist Category 1890 paintings Category Canadian paintings Category Article Feedback 5 Painting stub ... more details
His Her Majesty s Botanist is a member of the Great Officer of State Royal household in Scotland . The office was created in 1699, and from 1768 until 1956 it was combined with the office of Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden , Edinburgh , who also held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Edinburgh . Since then the office of HM Botanist has been honorary, but conferred on a serving or retired Regius Keeper. ref The Laws of Scotland Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia, Vol. 7 The Crown , para 846 ref Office Holders incomplete list 1699 James Sutherland botanist James Sutherland 1715 Dr William Arthur botanist William Arthur 1716 Charles Alston botanist Charles Alston 1761 Dr John Hope 1786 Daniel Rutherford MD 1820 Robert Graham botanist Robert Graham MD 1845 John Hutton Balfour MD 1880 Alexander Dickson botanist Alexander Dickson MD LLD 1888 Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour 1922 Prof. Sir William Wright Smith d 1956 ? 1967 Harold Roy Fletcher d 1978 ? 1987 Prof. Douglas Mackay Henderson 2008 Prof Stephen Blackmore References Reflist Sources Holders from 1703 1820 from Exchequer Establishment List c.1770 E 229 10 1 in National Archives of Scotland http www.rbge.org.uk rbge web wwd timeline.jsp Royal Botanic Garden A Brief History Further reading http www.nahste.ac.uk isaar GB 0237 NAHSTE P0250.html Charles Alston http www.nahste.ac.uk isaar GB 0237 NAHSTE P0469.html Isaac Bayley Balfour Category Scottish botanists Category Scottish royalty Category Lists of Scottish people Category Positions within the British Royal Household Scotland stub botany stub ... more details
Other uses Evan Roberts disambiguation Evan Roberts MBE, M.Sc., hon. 1909 1991 botanist, conservationist and mountain man . Evan Roberts was an internationally known and recognised botanist who lived and worked all his life in Capel Curig Gelli , in Snowdonia , Gwynedd , North Wales . References The Mountain Man A portrayal of Evan Roberts, Capel Curig, rockman, botanist and conservationist. by Robin Gwyndaf, first published in Welsh in 1987, translated to English and published in May 2006. ISBN 0 9552995 0 0 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Roberts, Evan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1909 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1991 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Roberts, Evan Category 1909 births Category 1991 deaths Category Welsh mountain climbers Category British writers Category People from Gwynedd ... more details
dablink This is about the botanist for the cricketer, see Richard Bateman cricketer . Richard Mark Bateman born 27 May 1958 is a United Kingdom British botanist . He was awarded the Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society in 1994. botanist R.M.Bateman Bateman, Richard References BATEMAN, Richard Mark , Who s Who 2011, A & C Black, 2011 online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2010 online edn, Oct 2010 http www.ukwhoswho.com view article oupww whoswho U12687, accessed 17 July 2011 Use dmy dates date July 2011 Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bateman, Richard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 27 May 1958 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bateman, Richard Category 1958 births Category Living people Category British botanists es Richard M. Bateman it Richard M. Bateman nl Richard Bateman ... more details
Kenneth D. Hill 6 August 1948 4 August 2010 was an Australia n botany botanist , notable for his work on eucalypt s, the systematics , evolution and conservation biology conservation of the genus Cycas , as well as on botanical informatics . He was born in Armidale, New South Wales . He worked with the National Herbarium of New South Wales from 1983 until retiring in 2004. He was also a senior research scientist with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney . ref http www.anbg.gov.au biography hill ken.html Stanberg, Leonie. 2004 . Australian National Botanic Gardens Biography Kenneth Hill. ASBS Newsletter 121 . ref botanist K.D.Hill Hill, Ken References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hill, Kenneth D. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Botanist notable for work on eucalypts and cycads DATE OF BIRTH 6 August 1948 PLACE OF BIRTH Armidale, New South Wales DATE OF DEATH 4 August 2010 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hill, Kenneth D. Category Australian botanists Category 1948 births Category Living people Australia botanist stub de Kenneth D. Hill es Kenneth D. Hill eu Kenneth Hill ... more details
Michael Rohde is a German botanist . He was born on 25 July 1782 in Bremen , and died there on 28 May 1812. The plant genus Rohdea is named after Michael Rohde. Source John Hendley Barnhart 1965 . Biographical Notes upon Botanists . G.K. Hall & Co. Boston . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rohde, Michael ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1782 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1812 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rohde, Michael Category German botanists Category 1782 births Category 1812 deaths Germany botanist stub es Michael Rohde fr Michael Rohde pt Michael Rohde ... more details
Other people2 David Hunt disambiguation David Richard Hunt born 1938 is an England English botanist and Taxonomy taxonomist . He is a specialist in Cactus cacti and notably compiled the 1999 CITES Cactaceae Checklist. botanist D.R.Hunt Hunt References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hunt, David Richard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1938 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hunt, David Richard Category 1938 births Category English botanists Category Taxonomists Category Living people botany stub UK scientist stub de David Richard Hunt es David Richard Hunt ... more details
Other uses George Jackson disambiguation George Jackson George Jackson 1790 1811 was an English botanist and author. His author abbreviation is Jacks. . External links wikispecies George Jackson wikisource Author George Jackson Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jackson, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1790 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1811 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jackson, George Category English botanists Category 1790 births Category 1811 deaths UK botanist stub es George Jackson ru , ... more details
nihongo Hiroshi Hara Hara Hiroshi extra January 5, 1911 September 24, 1986 was a Japanese botanist . botanist H.Hara Hara, Hiroshi References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hara, Hiroshi ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1911 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1986 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hara, Hiroshi Category Japanese botanists Category 1911 births Category 1986 deaths Japan bio stub de Hara Hiroshi Botaniker es Hiroshi Hara bot nico ja ru , ... more details
William C Carruthers Post nominals post noms Fellow of the Royal Society of London FRS 29 May 1830 2 June 1922 was a Scottish botanist. Carruthers was keeper of the Botanical Department at the Natural History Museum from 1871 to 1895. He was consulting botanist to the Royal Agricultural Society 1871 1909 . He was born in Moffat , Dumfriesshire , the son of merchant Samuel Carruthers. Educated at Moffat Academy , he graduated from Edinburgh University . ref cite journal date 1923 title Obituary Notice journal Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh volume 28 issue 1 4 url http www.tandfonline.com doi abs 10.1080 03746602309469373 ref He married in 1865 Jeanie, daughter of William Moffat, architect, of Edinburgh. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1871. ref cite web url http www2.royalsociety.org DServe dserve.exe?dsqIni Dserve.ini&dsqApp Archive&dsqCmd Show.tcl&dsqDb Persons&dsqPos 0&dsqSearch 28Surname 3D 27carruthers 27 29 title Library and Archive Catalogue publisher Royal Society accessdate 27 December 2010 ref He was president of the Linnean Society from 1886 to 1890, and a member of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh . Botanist Carruth. Carruthers, William References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Carruthers, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish botanist DATE OF BIRTH 29 May 1830 PLACE OF BIRTH Moffat, Dumfriesshire DATE OF DEATH 2 June 1922 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Carruthers, William Category 1830 births Category 1922 deaths Category People from Moffat Category Employees of the Natural History Museum Category Fellows of the Royal Society Category Presidents of the Linnean Society of London Category Scottish botanists Category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scotland scientist stub UK botanist stub de William Carruthers es William Carruthers pt William Carruthers sv William Carruthers ... more details
John Gillies, M.D. 1792 1834 was a Scottish naval surgeon who later became an explorer and botanist , travelling extensively in South America . Educated at the University of Edinburgh , he served in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars . Afflicted by tuberculosis , Gillies left the UK aged 28 for South America in the hope that the climate would improve his fragile health. He spent eight years there, mostly in Argentina , surviving wars, civil unrest, and chronic ill health, sending numerous plants to William Jackson Hooker Hooker at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew before returning in 1828. He died aged 42 at Edinburgh on 24 November 1834, his remains interred at Old Calton Cemetery Calton ref name Gibbs Gibbs, F. W. 1951 . John Gillies, M.D., Traveller and Botanist, 1792 1834. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 1951. The Royal Society, London ref botanist Gillies Gillies, John References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gillies, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish explorer and botanist. DATE OF BIRTH 1792 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 24 November 1834 PLACE OF DEATH Edinburgh DEFAULTSORT Gillies, John Category 1792 births Category 1834 deaths Category Botanists with author abbreviations Category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category Scottish surgeons Category Royal Navy officers Category Scottish sailors Category Scottish explorers Category Scottish botanists Category 19th century botanists Category 19th century Scottish people Category 19th century explorers Category Explorers of South America Category British naval personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Category Burials at Old Calton Cemetery Category People from Edinburgh Category People from Orkney Scotland med bio stub Scotland scientist stub UK botanist stub UK explorer stub ... more details
Not to be confused with George Gordon naturalist George Gordon 1801 93 or George Gordon horticulturalist George Gordon 1841 1914 . For other people of the same name see George Gordon George Gordon 1806 1879 was a United Kingdom British botanist . He worked for the London Horticultural Society as Foreman of the Horticultoral Society Gardens at Chiswick , near London . Gordon is particularly noted for his work on Pinophyta conifers , publishing The Pinetum in 1858 , followed by a Supplement in 1862 and a fully revised second edition of The Pinetum in 1875 . He described many new species of conifers from specimens collected by Karl Theodor Hartweg in Mexico and California . Botanist Gordon Gordon, George References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1806 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1879 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gordon, George Category 1806 births Category 1879 deaths Category Botanists with author abbreviations Category British botanists Category Botanists active in North America UK botanist stub et George Gordon es George Gordon bot nico fr George Gordon horticulteur pt George Gordon ru , ... more details
Thomas Moore 1821 1887 was a garden er and botanist from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . An expert on fern s and fern allies from the British Isles , he served as Curator of the Society of Apothecaries Garden from 1848 to 1887. In 1855 he authored The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland . Under Moore s tenure during the period of so called pteridomania , the garden increased the number of fern species cultivated there by fifty percent and was renamed the Chelsea Physic Garden in 1875. The Thomas Moore Fernery was built in 1907 on the site of his original garden and now contains a display of the varieties of ferns described and cultivated by Moore and popular during the Victorian era . Moore is buried in Brompton Cemetery , London. botanist T.Moore Moore, Thomas References Reflist http www.georgeglazer.com prints nathist botanical fern.html Nature Printed Ferns Victorian Era British and Irish Specimens Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Moore ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1821 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1887 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Moore botanist , Thomas Category 1821 births Category 1887 deaths Category English botanists Category Members of the Linnean Society of London Category Burials at Brompton Cemetery de Thomas Moore Botaniker es Thomas Moore bot nico fr Thomas Moore botaniste pt Thomas Moore bot nico ... more details
Wilhelm G. Solheim I 1898 1978 was a botanist after whom the Wilhelm G. Solheim Mycological Herbarium at the University of Wyoming is named. His son, Wilhelm G. Solheim II is an archeologist, and in fact is recognized as most senior practitioner of archaeology in Southeast Asia. botanist Solheim Solheim, Wilhelm Source cite journal last Baxter first John W. authorlink John W. Baxter coauthors Martha Christensen title Wilhelm Gerhard Solheim 1898 1978 journal Mycologia volume 71 issue 1 pages 45 46 publisher Mycological Society of America date Jan. Feb., 1979 jstor 3759219 doi reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Solheim, Wilhelm ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1898 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1978 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Solheim, Wilhelm Category American botanists Category 1898 births Category 1978 deaths US botanist stub ... more details
Thomas Walter c. 1740 January 17, 1789 was a British born American botany botanist . He is best known for his book Flora Caroliniana 1788 , an early yet fairly complete catalog of the flowering plants of South Carolina. botanist Walter References cite book title Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists author Keir B. Sterling et al. year 1997 pages 810 812 url http books.google.com books?id TvDiUjSnYKwC&pg PA810 cite book title South Carolina botanists biography and bibliography author Wilson Parham Gee year 1918 pages 20 23 url http www.archive.org details southcarolinabot00geew reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Walter, Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1740 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1789 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Walter, Thomas Category 1740 births Category 1789 deaths Category American botanists US botanist stub az Uolter Tomas de Thomas Walter Botaniker es Thomas Walter fr Thomas Walter botaniste pt Thomas Walter ru , sv Thomas Walter botaniker ... more details
other persons Humphry Sibthorp Humphry Waldo Sibthorp 1713 1797 was a United Kingdom British botanist . After the death of Johann Jacob Dillenius 1684 1747 , he became the William Sherard Sherardian professor of botany at the University of Oxford from 1747 to 1783 he is famous for having taught one course for 37 years. He began the catalogue of the plants of the Oxford Botanic Garden botanical garden of the university, Catalogus Plantarum Horti Botanici Oxoniensis . His youngest son was the well known botanist John Sibthorp 1758 1796 , who continued the Catalogus Plantarum . The genus Sibthorpia in the plantain family of plants is named after him. The standard Binomial nomenclature Authorship in scientific names botanical author abbreviation H. Sibth. is applied to species he described. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sibthorp, Humphry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1713 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1797 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sibthorp, Humphry Category British botanists Category 1713 births Category 1797 deaths Category Statutory Professors of the University of Oxford UK botanist stub fr Humphrey Sibthorp pt Humphrey Waldo Sibthorp ... more details
Robert Ross a Fellow of the Linnean Society August 14, 1912, Pinner May 25, 2005 was an English botanist. He was Keeper of Botany at the British Natural History Museum . References http www.timesonline.co.uk tol comment obituaries article541077.ece Times Obituary ROSS, Robert , Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920 2008 online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 http www.ukwhoswho.com view article oupww whowaswho U33218, accessed 19 May 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ross, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English botanist DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1912 PLACE OF BIRTH Pinner, Middlesex DATE OF DEATH May 25, 2005 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ross, Robert Category 1912 births Category 2005 deaths Category Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Category English botanists Category People associated with the Natural History Museum Category People from Pinner Category Alumni of St John s College, Cambridge Category Old Paulines England scientist stub UK botanist stub ... more details
UBC s Virtual Museum of Canada exhibition, Botany John Legacy of a Canadian Botanist. Persondata NAME Davidson, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION botanist DATE OF BIRTH 1878 PLACE OF BIRTH Aberdeen ... more details
Heinrich Adolf Schrader 1767 1836 was a German botanist and mycologist. He studied medicine early in life. He named the Australian plant genus Hakea in 1797. Schrader was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1815. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Schrader, Heinrich ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1767 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1836 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Schrader, Heinrich Category 1767 births Category 1836 deaths Category German botanists Category Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Germany botanist stub cs Heinrich Adolf Schrader de Heinrich Adolf Schrader es Heinrich Adolph Schrader fr Heinrich Adolf Schrader nl Heinrich Adolf Schrader pt Heinrich Adolph Schrader ru , sv Heinrich Adolf Schrader ... more details
John Buchanan 13 October 1819 1898 was a New Zealand botanist and scientific artist, fellow of the Linnean Society . Works Buchanan had some 29 publications in the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand , including his identification of new species. External links http www.teara.govt.nz en biographies 1b42 1 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography http www.natlib.govt.nz collections online exhibitions first professional scientists john buchanan National Library of New Zealand Use dmy dates date August 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Buchanan, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 13 October 1819 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1898 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Buchanan, John Category 1819 births Category 1898 deaths Category New Zealand botanists NewZealand scientist stub Botanist stub ... more details
Refimprove date October 2008 William Houstoun 1695 1733 was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who retrieved plants from Mexico and South America . He was born in Houston, Renfrewshire . He began a degree course in medicine at St Andrew s University but completed his medical training at the University of Leiden in Netherlands the Netherlands in 1729 where he became interested in medicinal uses for newly discovered plants. To further study them he made an extended journey to the Caribbean , Mexico, and the Americas. He provided plant samples and specimens to other scientists in London , and published accounts of his studies in Catalogus plantarum horti regii Parisiensis . When he returned to London in 1731, the trustees for the Province of Georgia agreed to help finance another trip, having Houstoun help stock the Trustee s Garden planned for Savannah, Georgia . He journeyed to the Madeira Islands to gather grape plantings, then crossed the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic but never finished his mission, since he died in Jamaica in 1733. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in January, 1833. ref cite web url http www2.royalsociety.org DServe dserve.exe?dsqIni Dserve.ini&dsqApp Archive&dsqCmd Show.tcl&dsqDb Persons&dsqPos 2&dsqSearch 28Surname 3D 27houston 27 29 title Library and Archive Catalogue publisher Royal Society accessdate 21 November 2010 ref botanist Houst. Houstoun, William References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Houstoun, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish surgeon and botanist DATE OF BIRTH 1695 PLACE OF BIRTH Houston, Renfrewshire DATE OF DEATH 1733 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Houstoun, William Category 1695 births Category 1733 deaths Category People from Renfrewshire Category Scottish surgeons Category Scottish botanists Category Fellows of the Royal Society Category 18th century Scottish people Scotland med bio stub Scotland scientist stub UK botanist stub de William Houstoun Arzt es William Houstoun ... more details
William Botting Hemsley December 29, 1843 in Sussex October 7, 1924 in Kent was an English botanist and 1909 Victoria Medal horticulture Victoria Medal of Honour recipient. He was born in East Hoathley, Sussex and started work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as an Improver, then Assistant for India in the Herbarium, finally Keeper of Herbarium and Library. He wrote a number of botanical works. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June, 1889. ref cite web url http www2.royalsociety.org DServe dserve.exe?dsqIni Dserve.ini&dsqApp Archive&dsqCmd Show.tcl&dsqDb Persons&dsqPos 0&dsqSearch 28Surname 3D 27hemsley 27 29 title Library and Archive Catalogue publisher Royal Society accessdate 18 November 2010 ref Publications Biologica Centrali Americana Botany. Vol. I , 1879 1888 Biologica Centrali Americana Botany. Vol. III , 1882 1886 BOTANY OF THE BERMUDAS and various other Islands of the Atlantic and Southern Oceans , 1885 BOTANY OF JUAN FERNANDEZ, South eastern Molluccas, and the Admiralty Islands , 1885 An Enumeration of All the Plants Known from China Proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the Island of Hong Kong. with Francis B Forbes, 1887 botanist Hemsl. Hemsley, William Botting References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hemsley, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English botanist DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1843 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1924 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hemsley, William Category 1843 births Category 1924 deaths Category People from Sussex Category English botanists Category Botanists active in China Category Fellows of the Royal Society Category 19th century English people Category 19th century botanists England scientist stub UK botanist stub cs William Botting Hemsley de William Botting Hemsley es William Botting Hemsley fr William Botting Hemsley it William Botting Hemsley pt William Botting Hemsley ru , zh ... more details
Thomas Thomson 4 Dec 1817 18 Apr 1878 was a Scottish surgeon with the British East India Company before becoming a botanist . He was a friend of Joseph Dalton Hooker and helped write the first volume of Flora Indica . He was born in Glasgow the son of Thomas Thomson chemist Thomas Thomson , chemistry professor at Glasgow University. He became Superintendent of the Honourable East India Company s Indian Botanical Gardens Botanic Garden at Calcutta and was the Naturalist to and Member of the Tibet Mission. He was also a Surgeon in the Bengal Army . He died in Calcutta, India, on the 18th of April 1878. botanist Thomson Thomson, Thomas References reflist External links cite DNB wstitle Thomson, Thomas 1817 1878 http www.unb.ca herbarium notes.html www.unb.ca herbarium notes.html Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish botanist DATE OF BIRTH 1817 PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow DATE OF DEATH 1878 PLACE OF DEATH Calcutta DEFAULTSORT Thomson, Thomas Category 1817 births Category 1878 deaths Category People from Glasgow Category Scottish botanists Category Fellows of the Royal Society Category Scottish surgeons Category East India Company civil servants Category 19th century botanists Category 19th century Scottish people Category Scottish expatriates in India Category British Indian Army officers Category Scottish naturalists Category British people of colonial India Scotland med bio stub Scotland scientist stub UK mil bio stub UK botanist stub de Thomas Thomson Botaniker es Thomas Thomson fr Thomas Thomson botaniste pt Thomas Thomson bot nico ru , uk ... more details
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