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Facts

Born January 5, 1786 • England
Died September 10, 1859 (aged 73) • England
Notable Works “The Genera of North American Plants”
Subjects Of Study North America • plant

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Thomas Nuttall, engraving by Thomson, 1825, after a drawing by W. Derby
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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Title page of Flora Boreali-Americana by Andre Michaux (1746-1802), printed in 1803,
André Michaux
French botanist
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John Bartram
American naturalist
Sloane, detail of an oil painting by S. Slaughter, 1736; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet
British physician
Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexia
Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexia
American botanist
Brown, Robert
Robert Brown
Scottish botanist
“Father of American Botany”
Asa Gray
American botanist
David Fairchild
David Fairchild
American botanist
David Douglas
David Douglas
Scottish botanist
John Torrey
John Torrey
American botanist and chemist
Baird, Spencer Fullerton
Spencer Fullerton Baird
American naturalist
Bessey, c. 1910
Charles E. Bessey
American botanist
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Antoine de Jussieu
French botanist and physician
John Ray, detail of an oil painting; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Ray
English naturalist
Stephen Hales
Stephen Hales
English scientist
Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist
Nehemiah Grew
Nehemiah Grew
English botanist
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William Turner
English botanist
Bowerbank
James Scott Bowerbank
British naturalist and paleontologist
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John Tradescant
British naturalist

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