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George Bentham
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George Bentham was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie
George Bentham
George Bentham
Benthamiella patagonica [de], one of several plants named in Bentham's honour
Benthamiella patagonica [de], one of several plants named in Bentham's honour
Joseph Dalton Hooker
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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was an English botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 years he served as director of th
George Bentham
…author of a number of important botanical works, particularly flora. He is best known for his taxonomic classification of plants in collaboration with Joseph Dalton Hooker, his Genera Plantarum (1862–1883). He died in London in 1884. Bentham was born in Stoke, Plymouth, on 22 September 1800. His father, Sir Samuel Bentham…
Hooker in 1897
Hooker in 1897
Daguerreotype of Hooker by William Edward Kilburn, circa 1852
Daguerreotype of Hooker by William Edward Kilburn, circa 1852
Frances Harriet Henslow, by William Edward Kilburn
Frances Harriet Henslow, by William Edward Kilburn
Tibet and Cholamo Lake from the summit of the Donkia Pass, looking North West from Hooker's Himalayan Journals. Hooker reached the pass on 7 November
Tibet and Cholamo Lake from the summit of the Donkia Pass, looking North West from Hooker's Himalayan Journals. Hooker reached the pass on 7 November 1849.