George Bentham

Also known as Benth., G.Bentham, Bentham

British botanist (1800-1884)

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Born: ( 1800-09-22 ) 22 September 1800, Stoke Damerel, Plymouth , England
Died: 10 September 1884 (1884-09-10) (aged 83), London , England
Spouse: Sarah Jones
Awards: Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1859, Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1879
Fields: Botany
Institutions: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Author abbrev botany: Benth.

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Instance of: human
Given name: George
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: Stoke
Place of death: London
Father: Samuel Bentham
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Field of work: botany
Image: GeorgeBentham.jpg

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member of: Academy of Sciences of Turin
Commons category: George Bentham
date of birth: 1800-09-22
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
date of death: 1884-09-10
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Commons Creator page: George Bentham
writing language: English language
P6944: George Bentham
place of burial: Brompton Cemetery
described at URL: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1884.0053

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Encyclopedic overview

George Bentham CMG FRS FLS (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studied law, but had a fascination with botany from an early age, which he soon pursued, becoming president of the Linnaean Society in 1861, and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1862. He was the author of a number of important botanical works, particularly flora. He is best known for his taxonomic classification of plants in collaboration with Joseph Dalton Hooker, his Genera Plantarum (1862–1883). He died in London in 1884.

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