Project Gutenberg 2014-07-26 Public domain in the USA. 776 Oliver, F. W. (Francis Wall) 1864 1951 Oliver, Francis Wall 13015586 Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists Introduction -- Robert Morison and John Ray, by S.H. Vines -- Nehemiah Grew, by A. Arber -- Stephen Hales, by F. Darwin -- John Hill, by T.G. Hill -- Robert Brown, by J.B. Farmer -- Sir William Hooker, by F.O. Bower -- John Stevens Henslow, by G. Henslow -- John Lindley, by F. Keeble -- William Griffith, by W.H. Lang -- Arthur Henfrey, by F.W. Oliver -- William Henry Harvey, by R.L. Praeger -- Miles Joseph Berkeley, by G. Massee -- Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert, by W.B. Bottomley -- William Crawford Williamson, by D.H. Scott -- Harry Marshall Ward, by Sir W. Thiselton-Dyer -- A sketch of the professors of botany in Edinburgh from 1670 until 1887, by I.B. Balfour -- Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, by F.O. Bower. Produced by Charlene Taylor, Bryan Ness, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists" edited by F. W. Oliver is a collection of biographical essays written in the early 20th century. The book focuses on prominent figures in British botany, detailing their contributions and legacies, particularly during the Victorian era. It covers a range of botanists who played key roles in the development of botanical science in Britain. The opening of the volume presents a preface and introduction, which outline the book's origins and its purpose of compiling the biographies of significant botanists. It originated from a series of lectures delivered at the University of London, later expanded to include additional chapters. Among the botanists mentioned are Robert Morison and John Ray, who are noted as foundational figures in establishing systematic botany in Britain. The text emphasizes both the historical significance of these figures and their influence on modern botanical studies, setting the tone for a detailed exploration of their lives and works that follows in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46415/46415-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 55.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Botany -- Great Britain -- History Botanists -- Great Britain -- Biography QK Text Category: Biographies Category: History - British Category: Science - Biology 966328 2025-09-18T15:52:32.875044 text/html 932486 2024-10-24T09:24:22 text/html 6188344 2025-09-18T15:52:50.782982 application/epub+zip 6188905 2025-09-18T15:52:36.610020 application/epub+zip 393323 2025-09-18T15:52:34.540021 application/epub+zip 6447625 2025-09-18T15:52:59.970956 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 6353466 2025-09-18T15:52:47.526937 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 588240 2022-09-21T06:21:23.635670 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 781990 2025-09-18T15:52:30.854052 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 761943 2024-10-24T09:24:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17732 2025-09-18T15:53:00.156866 application/rdf+xml 9493 2025-09-18T15:52:34.928020 image/jpeg 1942 2025-09-18T15:52:34.835983 image/jpeg 6424743 2025-09-18T15:52:33.109997 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia