Charles Sprague Sargent

Charles Sprague Sargent

male, deceased (1927)
Harvard University, Arnold Arboretum, SARG, brookline, Harvard College, American…Botanist
Charles Sprague Sargent was an American botanist. He was the first director of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University, and the standard...
Nikolai Vavilov

Nikolai Vavilov

male, deceased (1943)
seedbank, wheat, cereal crops, mycology, corn, immunity…Botanist
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov was a prominent Russian botanist and geneticist best known for having identified the centres of origin of cultivated...
Joel Roberts Poinsett

Joel Roberts Poinsett

male, deceased (1851) (Charleston, South Carolina, United States)
Poinsett Bridge, United States Minister to Mexico, Botanist, physician, smithsonian institution, United States Secretary of War…diplomat, and botanist
Joel Roberts Poinsett (March 2, 1779 - December 12, 1851) was a physician, botanist and American statesman. He was a member of the United States...
G. Ledyard Stebbins

G. Ledyard Stebbins

male, deceased (2000)
geneticist, Harvard University, hybrid, University of California, Berkeley, National Medal of Science recipient, National Medal of Science…Botanist
George Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. (January 6 1906 - January 19 2000) was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the...
Oakes Ames

Oakes Ames

male
Harvard University, orchidaceae, Arnold Arboretum, central, American, orchid…Botanist
Oakes Ames (September 26, 1874 - April 28, 1950) was an American botanist specializing in orchids. His estate is now the Borderland State Park in...
A. P. de Candolle

A. P. de Candolle

male, deceased (1841)
Botanist, Mycologist, Swiss, provence, From geneva, pteridologist
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle also spelt Augustin Pyrame de Candolle (February 4, 1778 - September 9, 1841) was one of the great botanists of all...
William T. Stearn

William T. Stearn

male, deceased (2001)
Employee of the Natural History Museum, Member of the Linnean Society of London, daily telegraph, cbe, guardian, engler…Botanist
William Thomas Stearn CBE (1911-2001) was a British botanist. He had a very high reputation as an expert on the history of botany and in the...
Wilhelm Johannsen

Wilhelm Johannsen

male, deceased (1927)
Agriculture educator, University of Copenhagen faculty, Science writer, genotype, greek, gene…Botanist
Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (February 3, 1857 - November 11, 1927) was a Danish botanist. Born in Copenhagen, he worked at the Institute of...

William Herbert

male, deceased (1847)
Botanist, poet, member of parliament, British, member of the United Kingdom Parliament, Exeter College, Oxford
William Herbert (12 January 1778 - 28 May 1847) was a British botanist, poet, and clergyman. He served as a Member of Parliament for Hampshire from...

John Ellis

male, deceased (1776)
Botanist, zoologist, Fellow of the Royal Society, Naturalist, British, botany
John Ellis FRS (c1710 - October 15, 1776) was an British linen merchant and naturalist. Ellis specialised in the study of corals. He was elected a...