This is a list of botanists who have articles, in alphabetical order by surname. Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life See also the list of botanists by author abbreviation and Category:Botanists. This is a list of Botanists by their author abbreviation, including that established by Brummitt & Powell (1992 designed for citation in the Botanical names they have
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- William McCalla
- John Macoun
- Peter MacOwan
- Pierre Magnol (founded the concept of plant families)
- Joseph Maiden
- Marcello Malpighi (discovered movement of sap in plants)
- Gustav Mann
- Rudolf Marloth
- Humphry Marshall, father of American dendrology. Erik Acharius ( 10 October 1757 &ndash 14 August 1819) was a Swedish Botanist who pioneered the taxonomy of Lichens Antonio Julián Baldomero Acuña Galé ( 27 November 1900 - 24 July 1973) was a Cuban Botanist who served as director of Johann Friedrich Adam, later called Michael Friedrich Adams (1780 Moscow - 1 March 1838, Vereya) was a Botanist from Carl Adolph Agardh ( January 13, 1785, Båstad, Sweden - January 28, 1859, Karlstad) was a Swedish Botanist Jacob Georg Agardh (1813 - 1901 was a Swedish Botanist. He was the son of Carl Adolph Agardh. Nikolaus Ager (1568 - 1634 was a French Botanist born in Alsace, best known for his treatise De Anima Vegetiva (1629 For his son see William Townsend Aiton William Aiton ( 1731 - February 2, 1793) was a Scottish Frédéric-Louis Allamand (~ February 5 1736 - after 1803 was a Swiss Botanist. Carlo Allioni ( 23 September 1728 in Turin - 30 July 1804 in Turin was an Italian Physician and professor Prospero Alpini (also known as Prosper Alpinus, Prospero Alpinio and Prosper Alpin) ( November 23, 1553 - February 6 Benjamin Alvord (August 18 1813 &ndash October 16 1884 was an American soldier mathematician and botanist Dr David Hungerford Ashton OAM (6 July 1927&ndash22 November 2005 was an Australian Botanist and Ecologist. William Guybon Atherstone 27 May 1814 Nottingham, England - 26 March 1898) Grahamstown, Cape Province medical practitioner Churchill Babington ( March 11, 1821 – January 12, 1889) was an English classical scholar and archaeologist Curt Backeberg (1894-1966 was a German Horticulturist especially known for the collection and classification of cacti. Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954 was an American horticulturist, Botanist and cofounder of the American Society for Horticultural Science John Hutton Balfour ( Edinburgh 15 September 1808 &ndash 11 February 1884, Inverleith House, Edinburgh]] was a Scottish Sir Joseph Banks 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS (13 February 1743 &ndash 19 June 1820 was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of Benjamin Smith Barton ( February 10, 1766 - December 19, 1815) was an American Botanist and Physician. John Bartram ( Darby Pennsylvania - September 22, 1777, Philadelphia) was an early American botanist and Horticulturalist William Bartram ( April 20, 1739 — July 22, 1823) was an American naturalist, the son of John Bartram. Johann Bauhin, or Jean Bauhin (1541-1613 was a Swiss Botanist. Gaspard Bauhin, or Caspar Bauhin ( January 17, 1560 – December 5, 1624) was a Swiss Botanist who wrote Chauncey Delos Beadle ( August 5, 1866, St Catharines, Ontario – 1950 was a Canadian-born botanist and horticulturist active in the southern Colonel Richard Henry Beddome ( 11 May 1830 - 23 February 1911) was a British military officer in India and a naturalist Martinus Willem Beijerinck ( March 16, 1851 - January 1, 1931) was a Dutch Microbiologist and Botanist David J Bellamy OBE (born 18 January 1933) is an English Botanist, Author, broadcaster, and environmental George Bentham CMG FRS ( September 22, 1800 &ndash September 10, 1884) was an English Botanist, characterized by Duane Isely Robert Bentley ( March 25, 1821 – December 24, 1893) was an English botanist. Miles Joseph Berkeley ( April 1, 1803 – July 30, 1889) was an English Cryptogamist and clergyman Edward Wilber Berry (1875 - 1945 was an American Paleontologist and Botanist, the principal focus of his research was Paleobotany. Gustaf Johan Billberg ( June 14, 1772 - November 26, 1844) was a Swedish Botanist, Zoologist and Anatomist Karl Ludwig Ritter von Blume ( 9 June 1796 - 3 February 1862) was a German - Dutch Botanist. Tyge Wittrock Böcher (1909-1983 was a Danish Botanist, Evolutionary biologist, plant ecologist and phytogeographer. Hieronymus Bock, also seen as "Boch" ( 1498 - February 21, 1554) also known under his latinised name Hieronymus Tragus Herman Boerhaave ( Voorhout, December 31, 1668 - Leiden, September 23, 1738) was a Dutch botanist humanist Wenceslas (Václav or Wenzel Bojer (born September 23, 1795 in Řesanice, Bohemia, now Czech Republic, died June 4, Henry Nicholas Bolander (1831&ndash1897 was a German born American Botanist. Harry Bolus ( April 28, 1834 - May 25, 1911) was a South African botanist botanical artist businessman and philanthropist August Gustav Heinrich von Bongard (1786-1839 was a German Botanist, who worked at Saint Petersburg, Russia. Charles Bonnet ( March 13, 1720 &ndash May 20, 1793) Swiss naturalist and philosophical writer was born at Geneva Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland ( 22 August 1773 - 4 May 1858) was a French explorer and botanist. Antonina Georgievna Borissova (1903-1970 was a Russian Botanist, specialising in the flora of the Deserts and Semi-deserts of Central Fredrik Christian Emil Børgesen (1866-1956 was a Danish Botanist and Phycologist. Alexander Carl Heinrich Braun ( May 10, 1805 - March 29, 1877) was a German Botanist from Regensburg, Bavaria John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan was a British Botanist. He was born June 19, 1917 in Chislehurst and died September 26, 1985 William Henry Brewer ( September 14, 1828 -- November 2, 1910) was an American Botanist. Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel ( 27 March 1776 &ndash 12 September 1854) was a French Botanist and Politician Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859 - 1934 was a US Botanist and Taxonomist who founded the New York Botanical Garden in Bronx, New Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart ( January 14, 1801 - February 18, 1876) was a French Botanist. Nicholas Edward Brown ( 11 July 1849 Redhill Surrey - 25 November 1934 Kew Gardens, London) was an English Robert Brown FRS ( 21 December, 1773 &ndash 10 June, 1858) was a Scottish scientist who is acknowledged as the leading botanist Patrick Browne (1720-1790 was an Irish Physician and Botanist. Louis-Ovide Brunet ( 10 March 1826 &ndash 2 October 1876) was a French-Canadian botanist and Roman Catholic Dr Francis Buchanan, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton ( February 15, 1762 - June 15 Alexander Georg von Bunge ( September 29, 1803 &ndash June 7, 1890) was German - Russian Botanist. Elsa Beata Bunge, née Wrede (1734–1819 was a Swedish Botanist and writer Luther Burbank ( March 7 1849 – April 11, 1926) was an American botanist, Horticulturist and a pioneer in Agricultural William John Burchell ( 23 July, 1781 Fulham, London - 23 March, 1863 Fulham was an English explorer, Joseph Burke (12 June 1812 Bristol, England - 23 January 1873 Harrisonville, USA was a collector of plants and animals for Lord Derby. For aviation pioneer see Sir George Cayley George Caley (10 June 1770 - 23 May 1829 was an English Botanist and Rudolf Jakob Camerarius or Camerer ( February 12, 1665 &ndash September 11, 1721) was a German Botanist and Frederick "Camp" Campion Steward ( 16 June 1904 – 13 September 1993) was a British Botanist and plant Physiologist Élie-Abel Carrière (1818&ndash1896 was a French Botanist, based in Paris. George Washington Carver (January 1864 – January 5 1943 was an African American Scientist, Botanist, Educator, and Inventor William Casson ( 23 October 1796 – 22 January 1886) was an English Botanist, seed merchant and local historian Antonio José Cavanilles ( January 16, 1745 - May 4, 1804) was a leading Spanish taxonomic Botanist of the Andrea Cesalpino ( Latinized as Andreas Caesalpinus) ( June 6, 1519 – February 23, 1603) was an Italian Adelbert von Chamisso ( January 30 1781 &ndash August 21 1838) was a German Poet and Botanist. Pierre Gaspard Chamette ( 1763 - April 13, 1794) was a French politician of the Revolutionary period. Carl Frederik Albert Christensen (1872–1942 was a Danish systematic Botanist. Peter Collinson (January 1694 &ndash August 11, 1768) was a Fellow of the Royal Society, an avid gardener and the middleman for an international Dr Philibert Commerçon (also sometimes spelled Commerson) ( November 18, 1727 &ndash March 13, 1773) was a French Joseph Whipple Congdon ( April 13, 1834 - 1910 was a lawyer by trade who contributed significantly to early botanical exploration in California, particularly Valerius Cordus ( 18 February 1515 &ndash 25 September 1544) was a German Physician and botanist who authored Nicholas Culpeper ( 18 October 1616 &ndash 1654 in London) was an English botanist, Herbalist, Physician Allan Cunningham ( 13 July 1791 – 27 June 1839) was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known William Curtis ( 11 January 1746 – 7 July 1799) was an English Botanist and Entomologist, who was born Anders (Andreas Dahl ( March 17, 1751 - May 25, 1789) was a Swedish Botanist and student of Carolus Linnaeus Dahlia is a Genus of bushy tuberous, Perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. John M Darby ( September 3 or September 27, 1804 - September 18, 1877) was an American botanist, chemist, and Father Armand David ( September 27, 1826 near Bayonne &ndash November 10, 1900 in Paris) was a Lazarist Heinrich Anton de Bary ( January 26, 1831 &ndash January 19, 1888) was a German surgeon, Botanist, Père Jean Marie Delavay (1834-1895 was a French Missionary, explorer and Botanist. Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert ( 14 February 1773 - 1847 was a French Banker and naturalist. René Louiche Desfontaines ( February 14, 1750 &ndash November 16 1833) was a French Botanist. Johann Jakob Dillen (Dillenius ( 1687 - April 2, 1747) was a German Botanist. Moritz Kurt Dinter ( 10 June 1868 &ndash 16 December 1945) was a German Botanist and Explorer in South Pedanius Dioscorides (Πεδάνιος Διοσκορίδης ca Rembert Dodoens ( Mechelen June 29, 1517 &ndash Leyden March 10, 1585) was a Flemish Physician and David Don ( 21 December 1799 - 15 December 1841) was an English Botanist, Professor of Botany at King's James Donn (1758–1813 was an English Botanist. He was Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens Cambridge, from David Douglas ( June 25, 1799 &ndash July 12, 1834) was a Scottish Botanist. Jonas Carlsson Dryander ( 5 March 1748 &ndash 19 October 1810) was a Swedish botanist. Michel Felix Dunal (1789-1856 was a French Botanist. He was Professor of Botany in Montpellier, France. Robert Allen Dyer ( 21 September 1900 Pietermaritzburg - 26 October 1987 Johannesburg) was a South African botanist and Henrik Franz Alexander Baron von Eggers (December 4 1844–? ? 1903 was a Danish professional Soldier and Botanist. Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg ( April 19, 1795 &ndash June 27, 1876) German naturalist, Zoologist, Comparative Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742-1795 was a German Botanist, a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University, and later Director of the Eva Ekeblad (1724 &ndash 1786 nee De la Gardie was a Swedish Agronomist and scientist Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher ( June 24 1804 &ndash March 28 1849) was an Austrian Botanist, numismatist and Sinologist George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, ( 2 February 1809 - 4 February 1884) was a German - American Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844 – 1930 was a German Botanist. Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz ( 1 November 1793 &ndash 19 May 1831) was a Baltic German Physician, Botanist, The California poppy ( Eschscholzia californica) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2000m (6500 feet altitude in the western United States throughout Constantin Freiherr von Ettingshausen (or Baron Constantin von Ettingshausen) ( June 16, 1826 &ndash February 1, 1897) was an David Grandison Fairchild ( April 7 1869 - August 6 1954) was an American botanist and plant explorer Hugh Falconer MD, FRS ( February 29 1808 &ndash July 31 1865) was a distinguished Scottish Friedrich Ernst Ludwig Fischer (1782 – 1854 was a Russian Botanist, born in Germany. Peter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl, ( 11 January, 1732 Johann Georg Adam Forster (November 27 1754 – January 10 1794 was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, Journalist Johann Reinhold Forster ( October 22, 1729 &ndash December 9, 1798) was a German naturalist of partial Scottish Robert Fortune ( September 16, 1812 - April 13, 1880) was a Scottish Botanist and traveller best known for introducing Henry Georges Fourcade ( July 8, 1865, Bordeaux, France &ndash January 19, 1948, Witte Els Bosch South Africa Adrien René Franchet (1834-1900 was a French Botanist, based at the Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. William Douglas Francis ( 6 March 1889 - 2 January 1959) was a notable Australian botanist. John Charles Frémont ( January 21, 1813 July 13, 1890) was an American military officer, explorer, the Elias Magnus Fries ( August 15, 1794 &ndash February 8, 1878) was a Swedish Mycologist and Botanist born Dr Emerich (Imre Frivaldszky von Frivald ( February 6, 1799 - October 19, 1870) was a Hungarian Botanist and Entomologist Leonhart Fuchs ( 17 January 1501 &ndash 10 May 1566) sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs, was a German Physician Joseph Gaertner ( March 12, 1732, near Calw - July 14, 1791, Tübingen; in German Joseph Gärtner) was a François Gagnepain (1866&ndash1952 was a French Botanist. The standard botanical author abbreviation Gagnep Ernest Edward Galpin (born Grahamstown December 6 1858 - October 16 1941 Mosdene Transvaal, was a South African botanist and banker Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré ( September 4, 1789 - January 16, 1854) was a French Botanist. Howard Scott Gentry (1903-1993 was an American Botanist recognized as the world's leading authority on the Agaves He worked for the United States See also John Gerard SJ John Gerard ( Nantwich, 1545 &ndash February 1611/12 in London) was an English Konrad Gessner (Conrad Gessner Conrad Geßner Conrad von Gesner Conradus Gesnerus Conrad Gesner 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) Luca Ghini (1490 &ndash May 4, 1556) was an Italian Physician and Botanist, notable as the creator of the first recorded Professor Charles Henry Gimingham OBE FRSE FIBiol, born 28 April 1923, is a British applied Botanist, past President Johann Friedrich Gmelin ( August 8, 1748 – November 1, 1804) was a German naturalist, Botanist and Johann Georg Gmelin ( August 8, 1709 - May 20, 1755) was a German naturalist, Botanist and Geographer Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin ( July 4, 1744 - June 27, 1774) was a German physician botanist and explorer Hossein Gol-e-Golab ( Persian حسین گل گلاب also given as Hosayn Golgolab, (1895 - 1984 was a Polymath Iranian scholar George Gordon (1801-1893 was a British Botanist, also partaking in the study of Geology and Naturalism. Asa Gray ( November 18, 1810 - January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century Nehemiah Grew (September 1641 - March 25, 1712) was an English Vegetable anatomist and Physiologist. William Griffith (1810-1845 was a British doctor naturalist and Botanist. Jan Frederik Gronovius (also seen as Johann Frederik and Johannes Fredericus) ( Feb 10 1686, Leiden - Jul 10 1762 Wilhelm Gueinzius ( 15 March 1813 &ndash 24 January 1874) was a German naturalist collector and apothecary Hugo Gunckel Lüer ( August 10 1901 - July 17 1997) was a Chilean Pharmacist, Botanist, and university Professor Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718 &ndash September 23, 1773) was a Norwegian Bishop and Botanist. Francis Guthrie (b January 22 1831 in London d October 19 1899 in Claremont Cape Town was a South African mathematician and botanist who first posed the Four Guranda E Gvaladze ( Georgian გურანდა ღვალაძე (born June 23, 1932, in Tbilisi) is a distinguished Olaf Hagerup ( September 29, 1889 - March 2, 1961) was a Danish Botanist. Karl Theodor Hartweg (1812-1871 was a German Botanist. He collected numerous new species of Plants in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala William Henry Harvey ( February 5, 1811 &ndash May 15, 1866) was an Irish Botanist who specialised in Algae. Adrian Hardy Haworth (1768 Hull, England - August 24, 1833, Chelsea, England was an English Entomologist, Botanist John Stevens Henslow ( February 6, 1796 - May 16, 1861) was an English Botanist and Geologist. Augustine Henry (1857 — 1930 was an Irish, Plantsman and Sinologist. Johann Centurius Hoffmann Graf von Hoffmannsegg ( August 23, 1766 - December 13, 1849) was a German Botanist, Entomologist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, OM, GCSI, MD, FRS (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911 was an English Botanist and Explorer Sir William Jackson Hooker, FRS ( July 6, 1785 &mdash August 12, 1865) was an English botanist. Sir Albert Howard (1873-1947 was a British Botanist, an Organic farming pioneer and a principal figure in the early Organic movement. John Hutchinson (7 April 1884 Blindburn - 2 September 1972 London was a renowned English Botanist, Taxonomist and author Jan Ingenhousz or Ingen-Housz ( December 8, 1730, Breda - September 7, 1799) was Dutch Physiologist Keisuke Ito (1803–1901 was a Japanese Physician and biologist. Victor Jacquemont (1801-1832 was a French Botanist and Geologist. Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin or Baron Nikolaus von Jacquin. Joseph Franz Freiherr von Jacquin or Baron Joseph von Jacquin. Knud Jessen ( November 29, 1884 - April 14, 1971) was a Danish Botanist and quaternary geologist. Wilhelm Johannsen ( February 3, 1857 - November 11, 1927) was a Danish Botanist, plant physiologist and Geneticist History See also History of genetics The existence of genes was first suggested by Gregor Mendel (1822-1884 who in the 1860s studied inheritance Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson, ( 26 June 1925 &ndash 1 August 1997) known as Lawrie Johnson, was an Australian I M (Ivan Murray Johnston (1898-1960 was a United States botanist. Adrien-Henri de Jussieu ( December 23 1797 - June 29 1853) was a French Botanist. Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ( April 12, 1748 - September 17, 1836) was a French Botanist, notable as the first to propose Antoine De Jussieu ( July 6, 1686 - April 22, 1758) was a French naturalist. Bernard de Jussieu ( August 17, 1699 - November 6, 1777) was a French naturalist younger brother of Antoine de Jussieu. Kaibara Ekken or Ekiken (貝原 益軒 also known as Atsunobu (篤信 1630 - October 5, 1714) was a Japanese Neo-Confucianist Pehr Kalm ( March 6 1716 - November 16 1779) (in Finland also known as Pietari Kalm and in some English-language translations Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817 - 1908 was a German Botanist and Geologist. Dr Alice L Kibbe (1881 - 1969 botanist, was Professor and Chair of Biology at Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois from 1920 Franz Kiggelaer (1648-1722 was a Dutch botanist apothecary and curator of the garden of Simon van Beaumont in Leiden. Karl Heinrich Emil Koch (1809 - 1879 was a German Botanist. He was born in Ettersberg near Weimar, Germany Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière (1755&ndash1834 was a French botanist noted for his descriptions of the flora of Australia. Lars Levi Læstadius ( October 1 1800 - February 21 1861) was a Swedish Lutheran pastor of partly Sami ancestry Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Chevalier de Lamarck ( August 1, 1744 &ndash December 18, 1829) was a French Soldier Aylmer Bourke Lambert ( February 2, 1761 - January 10, 1842) was a British Botanist, one of the first fellows of the Kai Larsen (b November 15, 1926 in Hillerød) is a Danish Botanist. Charles de l'Écluse L'Escluse, or Carolus Clusius ( Arras, February 19, 1526 – Leiden April 4, 1609 Jean Baptiste Louis Claude Theodore Leschenault de la Tour ( November 13, 1773 - March 14, 1826) was a French Botanist and Emmanuel Liais ( 15 February 1826 &ndash 5 March 1900) was a French Astronomer, Botanist and Explorer John Lindley ( February 8, 1799 - November 1, 1865) was an English Botanist. Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link ( February 2, 1767 - January 1, 1850) was a German naturalist and Botanist. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for Biological systematics is the study of the diversity of Life on the planet Earth both past and present and the relationships among living things through time Carl von Linné or Carolus Linnaeus the Younger ( 20 January 1741 &ndash 1 November 1783) was a Swedish naturalist Dr Pablo de La Llave (1773&ndash1833 was a Mexican Catholic priest, Politician, and naturalist. The Loddiges family (not uncommonly mis-spelt Loddige) managed one of the most notable of the eighteenth and nineteenth century plant nurseries that traded in Harri Lorenzi (born 1949 is a Brazilian agronomic engineer, author on trees of the Atlantic Mata and a collaborating Agronomist of John Claudius Loudon ( April 8, 1783 – December 14, 1843) was a Scottish botanist, garden and cemetery designer and garden Alice Lounsberry (1872 - 1949 was an American botanist and author active in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries Elias Lönnrot ( ( April 9, 1802 – March 19, 1884) was a Finnish Philologist and collector of traditional Finnish William McCalla (1814 - 1849 was an Irish Botanist. McCalla collected Algae and flowering plants his records are included in Harvey's Phycologia John Macoun ( 17 April, 1831 &ndash 18 June, 1920) was an Irish-born Canadian naturalist. Peter MacOwan born Hull, England on 14 November 1830 - died Uitenhage, Cape Province 30 November 1909 was a colonial Botanist and teacher in South Pierre Magnol ( June 8, 1638 - May 21, 1715) was a French Botanist. Joseph Henry Maiden ( 25 April 1859 – 16 November 1925) was a Botanist who made a major contribution to knowledge of the Australian Marcello Malpighi ( March 10, 1628 - September 30, 1694) was an Italian doctor who gave his name to several physiological features Gustav Mann was a German Botanist who led expeditions in West Africa and was also a gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth December 28 1855 Lübben, Germany - May 15 1931 Caledon, Cape Province was a German-born South Humphry Marshall ( October 10, 1722 - November 5, 1801) was an American Botanist and plant dealer
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- John M. MacDougal
- John Martyn
- Genkei Masamune
- Francis Masson
- Carl Maximowicz
- Gregor Mendel ('discovered' genetics while studying sweet peas)
- Archibald Menzies
- Konstantin Merezhkovsky
- Franz Meyen
- André Michaux
- Philip Miller
- Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel
- Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel
- John Mitchell
- Hugo von Mohl
- Charles Theodore Mohr
- Paul Möhring
- George Thomas Moore
- Robert Morison
- Ferdinand von Mueller
- Otto von Münchhausen
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Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius ( April 17, 1794 &ndash December 13, 1868 Munich) was a German Botanist and John Mochrie MacDougal (born 1954 is an American Botanist, noted for his work on the taxonomy of Passion flowers, having discovered several varieties John Martyn or Joannis Martyn ( September 12, 1699 - January 29, 1768) was an English Botanist. Genkei Masamune (1899-1993 was a Japanese Botanist, who worked in Formosa and then after World War II, Taiwan. Francis Masson (August 1741 &ndash 23 December 1805) was a Scottish Botanist and gardener and Kew Gardens ’ first plant hunter Carl Johann Maximowicz (also Karl Ivanovich Maximowicz; 1827 in Tula Russia – 1891 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian Botanist. Gregor Johann Mendel ( July 20, 1822 &ndash January 6, 1884) was Archibald Menzies (pronounced or Ming-iss, see Yogh) 15 March 1754 &ndash 15 February 1842) was a Scottish Konstantin Sergejewicz Mereschkowsky (1855-1921 ( Russian: Константин Сергеевич Мережковский also transliterated Konstantin Sergeevich Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen ( June 28, 1804 - September 2, 1840) was a German Physician and Botanist. André Michaux (8 March 1746&ndashprobably 11 October 1802 was a French botanist and Explorer. Philip Miller ( 1691 - 18 December 1771) was a botanist of Scottish descent Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel ( 24 October, 1811, Neuenhaus &ndash 23 January, 1871, Utrecht) was a Dutch Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel ( 27 March 1776 &ndash 12 September 1854) was a French Botanist and Politician John Mitchell (1711-1768 was a Colonial American Cartographer and botanist. Hugo von Mohl ( 8 April 1805 &ndash 1 April 1872) was a German Botanist from Stuttgart. Charles Theodor Mohr ( Karl Theodor Mohr; December 28, 1824 &ndash July 17 1901) was a pharmacist and botanist Paul Heinrich Gerhard Möhring AKA Paul Mohr ( July 21, 1710 - October 28, 1792) was a German Physician, George Thomas Moore (1871&ndash1956 was a US Botanist, who specialised in Phycology, the study of Algae. Robert Morison (1620 Aberdeen – 10 November, 1683 London) was a Scottish Botanist. Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG (German Müller) (June 30 1825 &ndash October 10 1896 was a German-Australian Physician Otto von Münchhausen (1716-1774 was a German Botanist. He was Chancellor of University of Göttingen and a correspondent of Linnaeus. Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli ( March 27, 1817 – May 11, 1891) was a Swiss botanist. George Valentine Nash ( May 6, 1864 - July 15, 1921) was an American Botanist. Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck ( February 14, 1776 - March 16, 1858) was a prolific German Botanist, Charles Frederick Newcombe (15 September 1851 - 19 October 1924 was a British botanist and ethnographic researcher Professor Francis John (Frank Newhook OBE (b 16 November 1918, date of death before 2000 was the head of the School of Plant Pathology at the Louis Nicolas was a French missionary in Canada in the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth century Thomas Nuttall ( January 5, 1786 - September 10, 1859) was an English botanist and Zoologist, who lived Daniel Oliver ( 6 February 1830 - 21 December 1916) was a British Botanist. Garcia de Orta (1501 or 1502 – 1568 was a Renaissance Portuguese Jewish physician and naturalist Carl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld (born Carl Emil Ostenfeld-Hansen ( August 3, 1873 - January 16, 1931) was a Danish systematic Botanist Peter Simon Pallas ( September 22, 1741, Berlin — September 8, 1811, Berlin) was a German Zoologist For other people named Edward Palmer see Edward Palmer (disambiguation Edward Palmer (1829 - 1911 was a self-taught British Botanist Josif Pančić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Јосиф Панчић (born Josip Pančić, April 17, 1814 – March 8, 1888) was Filippo Parlatore ( 8 August 1816 - 9 September 1877) was an Italian Botanist. Charles Christopher Parry ( 28 August 1823 &ndash 20 February 1890) was a British - American Botanist and Colonel William Paterson ( 17 August 1755, Montrose, Scotland – 21 June 1810, off Cape Horn) was a Dr Ruth Myrtle Patrick (born November 26, 1907) is a Botanist and Limnologist specializing in Diatoms and Freshwater Ove Vilhelm Paulsen ( March 22, 1874 - April 29, 1947) was a Danish Botanist. Donald Culross Peattie ( June 21, 1898 - November 16, 1964) was a U Jean-Marie Pelt (born 24 October 1933) is a French Botanist. Pelt founded the European Institute of Ecology in 1972 Karl Julius Perleb (1794-1845 (also known as Carl Julius Perleb was a German Botanist and Natural scientist. Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (1873–1958 was a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar. Christian Hendrik Persoon ( February 1, 1761 - November 16, 1836) was a Mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus ' Paul Petard (1912–1980 was a French botanist who specialized in the study of native plants of French Polynesia. James Petiver (1663-1718 was a London Apothecary, a Fellow of the Royal Society as well as London's informal Temple Coffee House Botany Club famous for his study Rodolfo Armando (or Rudolph Amandus) Philippi ( 14 September 1808 &ndash 23 July 1904) was a German - Chilean Gaius or Caius Plinius Secundus, ( AD 23 – August 25, AD 79 better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient Author Leonard Plukenet (1641-1706 was an English botanist Royal Professor of Botany and gardener to Queen Mary. Eduard Friedrich Poeppig ( July 16, 1798 - September 4, 1868) was a German Botanist, Zoologist and explorer Joel Roberts Poinsett ( March 2, 1779 &ndash December 12, 1851) was a Physician, Botanist and American Alf Erling Porsild (1901 - 1977 was a Danish - Canadian botanist Morten Pedersen Porsild (1872–1956 was a Danish botanist who lived and worked most of his adult life in Greenland. Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791-1849 was a Bohemian Botanist.He was the brother of botanist Karel Bořivoj Presl (1794-1852 Karel Bořivoj Presl ( 1794 - 1852) was a Bohemian Botanist. He lived all his life in Prague, and was a professor at the University Cyrus Guernsey Pringle (1838-1911 was an American Botanist who spent a career of 35 years cataloguing the plants of North America, especially Mexico Nathanael Pringsheim ( 30 November 1823 - 6 October 1894) was a German Botanist. Frederick Traugott Pursh (or Friedrich Traugott Pursch ( 1774 - 11 July 1820) was a German - American Botanist. Paul Émile de Puydt (1810&ndash1891 was a many-talented character Professor Oliver Rackham OBE is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College Cambridge. Albert Ernest Radford ( January 25, 1918 – April 12, 2006) was an American botanist active in the Southeastern United Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe ( October 22 1783 - September 18 1840) was a nineteenth-century Christen Christensen Raunkiær ( March 29, 1860 – March 11, 1938) was a Danish botanist who was a pioneer of Plant ecology. Leonhard Rauwolf (also spelled Rauwolff) ( Augsburg, June 21 in either 1535 or 1540 &ndash September 15, 1596, Waitzen, John Ray ( November 29, 1627 &ndash January 17, 1705) was an English naturalist, sometimes referred to as the Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach ( Leipzig, January 3 1823 - Hamburg, May 6 1889) was an Ornithologist, Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach ( January 8, 1793 - March 17, 1879) was a German Botanist and Ornithologist Don Jose Manuel Restrepo (1781 - 1863 was an investigator of Colombian flora, political figure and Historian. Hanna Maria Resvoll-Holmsen (née Resvoll ( September 11, 1873 in Vågå, Oppland – March 13, 1943 in Oslo Thekla Susanne Ragnhild Resvoll ( 22 May, 1871 in Vågå, Oppland – 14 June, 1948 in Oslo) was a Norwegian Louis Claude Marie Richard ( September 19, 1754 - June 6, 1821) was a French Botanist. Henry Nicholas Ridley ( December 10, 1855 &ndash October 24, 1956) was an English Botanist. Augustus Quirinus Rivinus also known as August Bachmann ( December 9, 1652 &ndash December 20, 1723) was a German Harold Ernest Robinson (born 1932 Syracuse New York) is an eminent Botanist and an Entomologist. Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1884 – 1962 was an Austrian American explorer, Geographer, linguist and Botanist. Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolderup Rosenvinge ( November 7, 1858 - 1939 was a Danish Botanist and Phycologist. William Roxburgh ( June 29, 1751 &ndash April 10, 1815) was a Scottish Surgeon and Botanist. Georg Eberhard Rumphius (ca November 1 1627 in or near Hanau - June 15 1702 Ambon) the "blind seer of Ambon" was a German -born Botanist For the British general and Member of Parliament see Joseph Sabine (Governor Joseph Sabine ( 1770 - January 24, 1837 Julius von Sachs ( October 2, 1832 - May 29, 1897) was a German Botanist from Breslau, Prussian Silesia Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire (1799-1853 French botanist and traveler was born at Orleans, France on 4 October Sir Edward James Salisbury, (1886-1978 was an English Botanist and Economist. Richard Anthony Salisbury FRS ( May 2, 1761 - 1829 was a British Botanist. Charles Sprague Sargent (April 21 1841-March 22 1927 was an American Botanist. William Saunders is the name of William Saunders (1822-1900 American botanist William Saunders (1832-1892 British photographer Horace-Bénédict de Saussure ( February 17, 1740 - January 22, 1799) was a Swiss aristocrat Physicist and Alpine traveller Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper ( May 12, 1856 &ndash September 9, 1901) was a botanist and phytogeographer who made major Diederich von Schlechtendal ( 27 November 1794 - 12 October 1866) was a German Botanist born in Xanten. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter ( October 16, 1872 - November 16, 1925) was a German taxonomist, Botanist, Matthias Jakob Schleiden ( April 5, 1804 - June 23, 1881) was a German Botanist and co-founder of the Cell theory Cell Theory refers to the idea that cells are the basic unit of structure in every living thing George Schoener, or Georg Schöner ( March 21, 1864 - October 2, 1941) was a German-born Roman Catholic Professor Selmar Schonland ( 15 August, 1860 Frankenhausen Germany – 22 April, 1940 Grahamstown, Cape Province the founder of Heinrich Wilhelm Schott ( January 7, 1794 - March 5, 1865) was an Austrian Botanist well-known for his extensive work on Franz von Paula Schrank (1747 - 1835 was a German Botanist and Entomologist. Georg August Schweinfurth ( December 29, 1836 &ndash September 19, 1925) was a German Botanist, traveller in East Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopoli) ( June 3, 1723 &ndash May 8, 1788) was a Tyrolian Berthold Carl Seemann 25 February 1825 Hanover, Germany - 10 October 1871 Nicaragua, Central America was a German Botanist. Prideaux John Selby ( July 23, 1788 &ndash March 27, 1867) was an English Ornithologist, Botanist and Artist Jean Senebier ( May 6, 1742 - July 22, 1809) was a Swiss Pastor who wrote many works on vegetable Physiology John Adolph Shafer ( February 23, 1863 - February 1, 1918) was an American Botanist. George Shaw ( December 10, 1751 - July 22, 1813) was an English Botanist and Zoologist. Shen Kuo or Shen Kua ( (1031&ndash1095 style name Cunzhong and pseudonym Mengqi Weng, was a Polymathic Chinese John Sibthorp ( October 28, 1758 &ndash February 8, 1796) was an English Botanist. Franz Wilhelm Sieber, born Prague 30 March 1789 - died Prague 17 December 1844 was a Botanist and collector who travelled in Europe the Middle East Southern Africa Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold ( February 17, 1796 in Würzburg - October 18, 1866 in Munich) was a German physician Thomas Robertson Sim 25 June 1858 Northfield Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 23 July 1938 Durban Natal was a botanist botanical artist and Conservator of Forests in Natal best John Kunkel Small (January 31 1869- January 20 1938 was an American Botanist. Christo Albertyn Smith (1898-1956 was a South African Botanist. Sir James Edward Smith ( December 2, 1759 &ndash March 17, 1828) was an English botanist and founder of the Johannes Jacobus Smith ( Antwerp 1867 - Oegstgeest 1947 (sometimes written as Joannes Jacobus Smith was a Dutch botanist who between years 1905 to 1924 Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander ( 19 February 1733 – 13 May 1782) was a Swedish Botanist Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812&ndash1881 was a German Botanist and Pharmacist who was a native of Holstein. Pierre Sonnerat ( August 18, 1748 – March 31, 1814) was a French naturalist and explorer. Herman Diedrich Spöring Jr (or Spoering) (1733 - 1771 was a Finnish explorer, draughtsman, Botanist and a naturalist There is another botanist from this time Carl Sprengel. Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel ( August 3, 1766 &ndash March Richard Spruce ( September 10, 1817 – December 28, 1893) was an English Botanist. Herman Diedrich Spöring Jr (or Spoering) (1733 - 1771 was a Finnish explorer, draughtsman, Botanist and a naturalist Dr Agustín Stahl ( January 21, 1842 &ndash July 12, 1917) was the first renowned Puerto Rican Scientist. George Ledyard Stebbins Jr (January 6 1906 &ndash January 19 2000 was an American Kaspar Maria von Sternberg (also Caspar Maria, Count Sternberg, German: Kaspar Maria Graf Sternberg, Czech: hrabě Kašpar Maria Eduard Adolf Strasburger ( February 1, 1844, Warsaw &ndash May 19, 1912 Bonn) was a Polish - German George Bishop Sudworth (1864-1927 was an American Botanist. At the time of his death he was the Chief Dendrologist of the US Forest Service Su Song ( style name: Zirong 子容 (1020&ndash1101 AD was a renowned Chinese statesman, astronomer, cartographer, Olof Peter Swartz (September 21 1760 Norrköping, Sweden &ndash September 19 1816 Stockholm, Sweden was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist Simon Syrenius (Szymon Syreński (1540 — 1611 was a pre-Linnean Polish Botanist and academic Armen Leonovich Takhtajan or Takhtajian (Армен Леонович Тахтаджян surname also transliterated Takhtadjan or Takhtadzhian (born June 10, John Templeton (1766&ndash1825 was an early Irish naturalist and Botanist. Theophrastus ( Greek:; 371 – c 287 BC a Greek native of Eressos in Lesbos, was the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic Graham Stuart Thomas OBE ( 3 April, 1909 &ndash April 16, 2003) was an English horticultural artist author and garden designer William Thompson ( December 2, 1805 – February 17, 1852) was an Irish naturalist celebrated for his founding studies of Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (Bournois 5 November 1758 – Paris 12 May 1831) was an eminent French Botanist. Early life Thunberg was born at Jönköping, and became a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University. Agostino Todaro (1818 - 1892 was an Italian Botanist. He was born in Palermo Italy, where he died John Torrey ( August 15, 1796 &ndash March 10, 1873) was an American botanist. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort ( 5 June, 1656 — 28 December, 1708) was a French Botanist, notable as the first to make a clear John Tradescant the Younger ( August 4 1608 – April 22 1662) son of John Tradescant the elder, was a botanist and gardener Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter (1809-1889 was a Russian Botanist, specialising in the flora of the Caucasus and central Asia. Mikhail Semyonovich Tsvet (Михаил Семенович Цвет also spelled Tsvett, Tswett, Tswet, Zwet, and Cvet) (1872&ndash1919 Edward Tuckerman ( December 7, 1817 - March 15, 1886) was a Botanist and Professor from Boston, Massachusetts William Turner (c 1508 – 7 July, 1568) was a British ornithologist and botanist. Sébastien Vaillant ( May 26, 1669 - May 20, 1722) was a French Botanist. Domenico Agostino Vandelli (c 1735 - June 27, 1816) was an Italian naturalist. Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov (Николай Иванович Вавилов ( &ndash January 26 1943) was a prominent Russian and Soviet Botanist Warren H Wagner Jr ( August 29, 1920 &ndash January 8, 2000) was an eminent American Botanist who lived in Michigan. Georg (Göran Wahlenberg ( 1 October, 1780 &ndash 22 March, 1851) was a Swedish naturalist. George Arnott Walker-Arnott ( February 6, 1799 - June 17, 1868) was a Scottish Botanist. Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming ( November 3, 1841 &ndash April 2, 1924) known as Eugen Warming, was a Danish botanist Sereno Watson ( December 1, 1826 in East Windsor Hill, Connecticut - March 9, 1892 in Cambridge Massachusetts Heinrich Wawra Ritter von Fernsee, born Jindřich Blažej Vávra, (February 2 1831 Brno, Moravia - May 1881 Baden bei Wien) was an Austrian Philip Barker Webb ( July 10, 1793, Milford House, Surrey - August 31, 1854) was an English Botanist Christian Ehrenfried Weigel ( 24 May 1748 in Stralsund &ndash 8 August 1831 in Greifswald) was a German Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch ( 25 February 1806 &ndash 20 October 1872; also Welwich or Velbitsch was an Austrian explorer Carl Ludwig Willdenow ( 22 August 1765 - 10 July 1812) was a German Botanist, Pharmacist, and plant taxonomist William Withering ( March 17, 1741, Wellington, Shropshire October 6, 1799) was an English Botanist Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod was a British soldier and botanist (born 11 John Medley Wood 1 December 1827 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire England - 26 August 1915 Durban, was a South African botanist who contributed greatly to the knowledge Charles Wright ( October 29, 1811 - August 11, 1885) was an American Botanist. Heinrich Rudolf Wullschlägel was a Dutch-German Bishop, Botanist and Translator. Heinrich Wydler was a Swiss Botanist (April 24 1800 Zurich – December 6 1883 Gernsbach. Gennady Pavlovich Yakovlev (Геннадий Павлович Яковлев (1938 Russian botanist Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher 2 August, 1799 Dillenburg, Hesse Germany - 13 December, 1858 Cape Town, was a botanical Michael Zohary (1898-1983 (מיכאל זהרי was a pioneering Israeli Botanist who published the monumental Geobotanical Foundations of the Middle East Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini ( 10 August 1797 - 18 February 1848) was a German Botanist, Professor of Botany at the University
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