Makers of British Botany A Collection of Biographies by Living Botanists [Paperback]

First published in 1913, this volume contains biographies of influential botanists, written by distinguished botanists of the period.First published in 1913, this volume contains biographies of influential botanists written by distinguished botanists of the period. A discussion of each botanists life and scientific contribution is provided, with each contributor specialising in the same botanical area as the subject.First published in 1913, this volume contains biographies of influential botanists written by distinguished botanists of the period. A discussion of each botanists life and scientific contribution is provided, with each contributor specialising in the same botanical area as the subject.First published in 1913, this volume reproduces a series of lectures on influential botanists delivered in 1911 in the Botanical Department of University College, London. The subjects of these biographies include Sir William Hooker (17851865), the first Director of Kew, and John Ray (16271705), considered the founder of scientific botany in Britain. The biographies are written by distinguished botanists of the period, over half of them holding a university professorship and membership of the Royal Society. Edited by F. W. Oliver (18641951), Professor of Botany at University College, London, from 1890 to 1929, these essays provide information on the lives, and discuss the scientific contributions, of each botanist, each contributor specialising in the same area of botany as the subject. The wide range of subjects covered demonstrates the development of key botanical concepts and the growth of scientific botany in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.Introduction; Robert Morison 16201683 and John Ray 16271705 Sydney Howard Vines; Nehemiah Grew 16411712 Agnes Arber; Stephen Hales 16771761 Francis Darwin; John Hill 1716-1775 T.G. Hill; Robert Brown 17731858 J.B. Farmer; Sir William Hooker 17851865 F.O. Bower; John Stevens Henslow 17961861 George Henslow; John Lil#t