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 (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,...
First published in 1913, this volume reproduces a series of lectures on influential botanists delivered in 1911 in the Botanical Department of Univers...
