Ghillean Prance

Ghillean Prance

male, 72 years old
Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance (b. 13 July 1937), is one of the foremost botanists of our time. He has published extensively on the taxonomy of...
William Withering

William Withering

male, deceased (1799)
William Withering (March 17, 1741, Wellington, Shropshire - October 6, 1799) was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and the...
Nathaniel Lord Britton

Nathaniel Lord Britton

male, deceased (1934)
Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859 - 1934) was a US botanist and taxonomist who founded the New York Botanical Garden in Bronx, New York. Britton was...
James Sowerby

James Sowerby

male, deceased (1822)
James Sowerby (March 21, 1757 - October 25, 1822) was a British naturalist and illustrator. Contributions to published works, such as "A Specimen...
Benjamin Smith Barton

Benjamin Smith Barton

male, deceased (1815)
Benjamin Smith Barton was an American botanist. Barton studied medicine at Philadelphia until 1786, when he transferred to the University of...

Dawson Turner

male, deceased (1858)
Dawson Turner (18 October 1775 - 21 June 1858) was an English banker, botanist and antiquary.
John Parkinson

John Parkinson

male, deceased (1650)
John Parkinson (1567-1650) was the last of the great English herbalists and almost the first of the great English botanists, for he was...
Michel Adanson

Michel Adanson

male, deceased (1806)
Michel Adanson (April 7, 1727 - August 3, 1806) was a French naturalist of Scottish descent. Adanson was born at Aix-en-Provence. His family moved...
Stephen Hales

Stephen Hales

male, deceased (1761)
Stephen Hales (September 17, 1677 - January 4, 1761) was an English physiologist, chemist and inventor. Hales studied the role of air and water in...
Nehemiah Grew

Nehemiah Grew

male, deceased (1712)
Nehemiah Grew (September 1641 - March 25, 1712) was an English vegetable anatomist and physiologist. Grew was the only son of Obadiah Grew...