I first began to dry specimens for preservation carelessly perhaps at first, but before the season was over, I had collected between one and two hundred species.
George Bentham Quotes
Showing all text quotesGeorge Bentham (2)
Birth: | 22nd September, 1800 |
Death: | 10th September, 1884 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Botanist |
About
George Bentham was born in Stoke, Plymouth, England. He was an English botanist. Bentham's first major botanical work, Labiatarum Genera et Species, appeared between 1832 and 1836. In this work, he catalogued and described more than 7000 species, including 89 taxa of Eucalyptus. He was secretary of the Horticultural Society of London from 1829 to 1840. He wrote several books include: Flora Australiensis and Handbook of the British Flora. He was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1859. His foreign awards included the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1879.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 28th March
Births
- 1935 - Michael Parkinson
- 1928 - Roger A. Caras
- 1978 - Nafisa Joseph
- 1986 - Lady Gaga
- 1944 - Rick Barry
Deaths
- 1958 - William Christopher Handy
- 1886 - Richard Chenevix Trench
- 1969 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1983 - Walter Reisch
- 1944 - Stephen Leacock
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
Age Quotes
Art Quotes
Attitude Quotes
Clever Quotes
Birthday Quotes
Emotion Quotes
Father Quotes
Fear Quotes
Flirting Quotes
Kindness Quotes
Laughter Quotes
Memory Quotes
Missing You Quotes
Mistake Quotes
Perfection Quotes
Politics Quotes
Trust Quotes
Death Quotes
Education Quotes
Ability Quotes
Business Quotes
Dedication Quotes
Evolution Quotes
History Quotes
Christmas Quotes
Encouragement Quotes
Expectations Quotes
Justice Quotes
Suffering Quotes
Facebook Status Quotes
About Quoteswave
Quoteswave have collection of famous quotes and sayings by popular authors. We have biggest database of famous proverbs and quotes with images. We have categorized all quotes with different topics and tags like love quotes, inspirational, motivational, life, friendship, success, smile, achievement and belief quotes. Everyone love good meaningful quotes so share famous picture quotes with your friends and loved one.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Share with your friends