Robert Brown

Robert Brown

male, deceased (1858)
Robert Brown (December 21, 1773-June 10, 1858) is acknowledged as the leading British botanist to collect in Australia during the first half of...
James Edward Smith

James Edward Smith

male, deceased (1828)
Sir James Edward Smith (December 2, 1759 - March 17, 1828) was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society. Smith was born in Norwich in...
Daniel Oliver

Daniel Oliver

male, deceased (1916)
Daniel Oliver was a British botanist. He was Librarian of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1860–1890 and Keeper there from 18...
Alice Eastwood

Alice Eastwood

female
Alice Eastwood (1859 in Toronto, Canada - October 30 1953 in San Francisco, California) is considered an American botanist, since her life after...
Adolf Engler

Adolf Engler

male, deceased (1930)
Adolf Engler was a German botanist, perhaps "The German Botanist". He is very important for his work on Plant Taxonomy and Phytogeography, like...
Luca Ghini

Luca Ghini

male, deceased (1566)
Luca Ghini (1490 - May 4, 1556) was an Italian physician and botanist, notable as the creator of the first recorded herbarium, as well as the first...
William Henry Harvey

William Henry Harvey

male, deceased (1866)
William Henry Harvey (February 5, 1811 - May 15, 1866) was an Irish botanist who specialised in algae. He was one of the most distinguished...
Hugh Iltis

Hugh Iltis

male (Madison, Wisconsin, United States)
Hugh Iltis is Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Wisconsin, and is best known for his discoveries in the genetics of corn (maize)....
Georg Dionysius Ehret

Georg Dionysius Ehret

male, deceased (1770)
Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708 - 1770) was a botanist and entomologist best known for his botanical illustrations. Ehret was born in Germany....

John Gilbert Baker

male, deceased (1920)
John Gilbert Baker (1834-1920) was a British botanist. He worked at the library and herbarium of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew between 1866 and 1899,...