George Bentham

Description: (British Botanist)
Born to a naval architect father and a botanist mother, George Bentham was also the nephew of jurist Jeremy Bentham and had initially studied law. However, inspired by Pyrame de Candolle’s tables of French plants, he later studied botany. His study of seed plants contributed immensely to plant taxonomy.

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Birthday September 22, 1800 (Virgo)
Died on September 10, 1884
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