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George Bentham

1800 - 1884

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George Bentham (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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Bentham is the 297th most popular biologist (down from 279th in 2019), the 1,635th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,564th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, George Bentham ranks 297 out of 1,097. Before him are Lorenz Oken, Otto Brunfels, Jean Cabanis, Armen Takhtajan, Juliane Koepcke, and Peter Medawar. After him are Wilbur Scoville, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Jacob Georg Agardh, Takenoshin Nakai, and Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, George Bentham ranks 27. Before him are William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Pauline Therese of Württemberg, Henri Milne-Edwards, Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Achille Devéria, and Juan José Flores. After him are Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, Aga Khan I, Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ányos Jedlik, and Johann Georg Wagler. Among people deceased in 1884, George Bentham ranks 27. Before him are Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, Paul Abadie, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Leopold Fitzinger, Eduard Rüppell, and Alexander, Prince of Orange. After him are William, Duke of Brunswick, François Mignet, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Hans Rott, Bernardo Guimarães, and Gotthilf Hagen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Bentham ranks 1,635 out of 8,785. Before him are Annie Chapman (1841), Mike Hailwood (1940), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), Peter Shaffer (1926), Dave Sexton (1930), and George Grenville (1712). After him are Frances Shand Kydd (1936), Anthony Trollope (1815), John Hanning Speke (1827), Julian Glover (1935), James Cosmo (1947), and John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, George Bentham ranks 49. Before him are Charles Bell (1774), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), David Goodall (1914), Desmond Morris (1928), Jack W. Szostak (1952), and John Gould (1804). After him are Edward Turner Bennett (1797), George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799), John Gurdon (1933), Ian Wilmut (1944), Patrick Geddes (1854), and Edward Blyth (1810).

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