{"product_id":"makers-of-british-botany-a-collection-of-biographies-by-living-botanists-paperback-9781108016025","title":"Makers of British Botany; A Collection of Biographies by Living Botanists (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108016025","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMakers of British Botany\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Collection of Biographies by Living Botanists\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst published in 1913, this volume contains biographies of influential botanists, written by distinguished botanists of the period.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eF. W. Oliver (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108016025, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 October 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages, 28 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFirst 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 (1785–1865), the first Director of Kew, and John Ray (1627–1705), 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 (1864–1951), 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Robert Morison 1620–1683 and John Ray 1627–1705 Sydney Howard Vines\u003cbr\u003e Nehemiah Grew 1641–1712 Agnes Arber\u003cbr\u003e Stephen Hales 1677–1761 Francis Darwin\u003cbr\u003e John Hill 1716-1775 T.G. Hill\u003cbr\u003e Robert Brown 1773–1858 J.B. Farmer\u003cbr\u003e Sir William Hooker 1785–1865 F.O. Bower\u003cbr\u003e John Stevens Henslow 1796–1861 George Henslow\u003cbr\u003e John Lindley 1799–1865 Frederick Keeble\u003cbr\u003e William Griffith 1810–1845 W.H. Lang\u003cbr\u003e Arthur Henfrey 1819–1859 F.W. Oliver\u003cbr\u003e William Henry Harvey 1811–1866 R. Lloyd Praeger\u003cbr\u003e Miles Joseph Berkeley 1803–1889 George Massee\u003cbr\u003e Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert 1817–1901 W.B. Bottomley\u003cbr\u003e William Crawford Williamson 1816–1895 Dukinfield H. Scott\u003cbr\u003e Harry Marshall Ward 1854–1906 Sir William Thiselton-Dyer\u003cbr\u003e A sketch of the Professors of Botany in Edinburgh from 1670 until 1887 Isaac Bayley Balfour\u003cbr\u003e Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker 1817–1911 F.O. Bower\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Botany%20\u0026amp;%20plant%20sciences%20%5BPST%5D%22\"\u003ePST\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265939951896,"sku":"9781108016025","price":36.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108016025i.jpg?v=1694869390","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/makers-of-british-botany-a-collection-of-biographies-by-living-botanists-paperback-9781108016025","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}