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This is a list of botanists who have Wikipedia articles, in alphabetical order by surname. The List of botanists by author abbreviation is mostly a list of plant taxonomists because an author receives a standard abbreviation only when that author originates a new plant name .
Edward James Salisbury (1886–1978), British botanist [323] with "notable contributions to plant ecology and to the study of the British flora generally" Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761–1829), British botanist, [324] shunned by many botanists of his day; Jonas Salk (1914–1995), American biologist developed one of the first successful polio ...
The best-known gardener-botanists included those sent from the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, but mainly the Jardin du Roi (after the Revolution this became the Jardin des Plantes at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle) in Paris and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London as France and Britain sought to expand their colonial empires and influence ...
The Romans contributed little to the foundations of botanical science laid by the ancient Greeks, but made a sound contribution to our knowledge of applied botany as agriculture. In works titled De Re Rustica , four Roman writers contributed to a compendium Scriptores Rei Rusticae , published from the Renaissance on, which set out the ...
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The famous botanist was buried in an unmarked grave, under a giant Cedar of Lebanon at the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens in Santa Rosa, California. The tree in the photo no longer stands. As Burbank's life drew to a close, the question arose as to who would carry on his work, and naturally there were many interested in doing so.
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, FRS (24 February [O.S. 13 February] 1743 – 19 June 1820 [1]) was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences. [ 2 ] Banks made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador .
John Bartram (March 23, 1699 – September 22, 1777) was an American botanist, horticulturist, and explorer, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for most of his career. . Swedish botanist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus said he was the "greatest natural botanist in the wor