Armand David

Armand David

male, deceased (1900)
Father Armand David was a Lazarist missionary Catholic priest as well as a zoologist and a botanist. Born in Espelette near Bayonne, in the...
Joseph Rock

Joseph Rock

male, deceased (1962)
Joseph Francis Charles Rock was an Austrian-American explorer, geographer, linguist and botanist. He was born in Vienna, Austria but moved to...

Adrien René Franchet

male
Adrien René Franchet was a French botanist, based at the Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. He is noted for his extensive work de...

Pierre Jean Marie Delavay

male, deceased (1895)
Pierre Jean Marie Delavay was a French missionary, explorer and botanist. He was sent to China in 1867, serving first in Guangdong, then moving to...
Robert Fortune

Robert Fortune

male, deceased (1880)
Robert Fortune (September 16, 1812 - April 13, 1880), was a Scottish botanist and traveller best known for introducing tea plants from China to India.
Ernest Henry Wilson

Ernest Henry Wilson

male, deceased (1930)
Ernest Henry Wilson, better known as E. H. Wilson, was a notable plant collector who introduced a large variety of Asian plant species to the...

Paul Guillaume Farges

male
Paul Guillaume Farges was a French missionary, botanist and plant collector, based for much of his life (from 1867) in China, serving at Chongqing...

William Hemsley

male, deceased (1924)
William Botting Hemsley (December 29 1843 in Sussex - October 7 1924 in Kent) was a British botanist and 1909 Victoria Medal of Honour recipient.

Wan Chun Cheng

male, deceased (1983)
Professor Wan Chun Cheng (1904 - 1983) was one of the most eminent Chinese botanists of the 20th century. Initially one of the Chinese plant...
Pierre Sonnerat

Pierre Sonnerat

male, deceased (1814)
Pierre Sonnerat was a French naturalist and explorer. Sonnerat was the nephew of the botanist Pierre Poivre. He made several voyages to southeast...