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British botanists

21 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Charlotte Turner SmithAuthor · BooksCharlotte Turner Smith (born 4 May 1749; died 28 October 1806) was the recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is poetry.
Francis Rawdon ChesneyAuthor · BooksFrancis Rawdon Chesney (16 March 1789 – 30 January 1872) was a British general and explorer.
James BoltonIllustrator · IllustrationJames Bolton (1735 – 7 January 1799) was an English naturalist, botanist, mycologist, and illustrator.
James CookAuthor · Maps and atlasesCaptain James Cook (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans…
Jean-Baptiste Lislet GeoffroyAuthor · Maps and atlasesJean-Baptiste Lislet Geoffroy (born Jean-Baptiste Lislet; also known as Jean-Baptiste Lislet-Geoffroy; 23 August 1755 – 8 February 1836) was a French astronomer, botanist and cartographer.
John AikinAuthor · BooksJohn Aikin (15 January 1747 – 7 December 1822) was an English medical doctor and surgeon. Later in life he devoted himself wholly to biography and writing in periodicals.
John MitchellAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn Mitchell (April 13, 1711 – February 29, 1768) was a colonial American physician and botanist.
John RossArtist · PaintingsRear-Admiral Sir John Ross (24 June 1777 – 30 August 1856) was a British naval officer and explorer.
Mary DelanyArtist · PaintingsMary Delany, earlier Mary Pendarves (Granville; 14 May 1700 – 15 April 1788) was an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, known for her "paper-mosaicks", botanic drawing,…
Mary LawranceEngraver · PrintsMary Lawrance Kearse (21 May 1781 – 27 March 1845) was a British botanical illustrator who specialized in flowers. She also taught botanical illustration.
Robert Ker PorterArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Self-portrait of Porter
Sarah Sophia BanksPerson · Music memorabiliaSarah Sophia Banks (28 October 1744 – 27 September 1818) was an English antiquarian collector and the sister and collaborator of botanist Joseph Banks.
Sydney ParkinsonIllustrator · IllustrationSydney Parkinson (c. 174526 January 1771) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist.
William Jackson HookerIllustrator · IllustrationWilliam Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under…
William JonesAuthor · BooksWilliam Jones was a British and English anthropologist, linguist, judge, translator, poet and writer (1746–1794). He was born in Westminster and died in Kolkata.
William SwainsonIllustrator · IllustrationWilliam Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist.

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