John Hutton Balfour
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British botanist (1808-1884)
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It sits within the topics 1808 births, 1884 deaths and 19th-century Scottish botanists.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Named after
- James Hutton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh
- Place of death
- Edinburgh
- Employer
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- bryology
- Image
- John Hutton Balfour 1878.jpg
- Number of children
- 8
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- member of
- Plinian Society
- Commons category
- John Hutton Balfour
- date of birth
- 1808-09-15
- date of death
- 1884-02-11
- collection items at
- Natural History Museum
- name in native language
- John Hutton Balfour
- place of burial
- Warriston Cemetery
- writing language
- English language
- P6944
- John Hutton Balfour
- Commons Creator page
- John Hutton Balfour
- significant person
- Thomas Frederick Cheeseman
- birth name
- John Hutton Balfour
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Categories
1808 births1884 deaths19th-century Scottish botanists19th-century Scottish surgeonsAcademics of the University of EdinburghAcademics of the University of GlasgowAlumni of the University of EdinburghAlumni of the University of St AndrewsBotanists with author abbreviationsBritish bryologistsBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBurials at Warriston CemeteryClan BalfourFellows of the Linnean Society of LondonFellows of the Royal Society of EdinburghMembers of the Harveian Society of EdinburghOffice bearers of the Harveian Society of EdinburghPeople educated at the Royal High School, EdinburghScientists from EdinburghScottish scholars and academics