BOTANISTS 10.

Gregor Johann Mendel (1822–1884), Austrian

scientist: father of genetics for his study of the
inheritance of traits in pea plants.
1. Theophrastus (371 BC - 287 BC), ancient Greek
scientist: father of botany.

11. Richard Spruce (1817–1893): English botanist and

explorer who carried out a detailed study of the Amazon
2. Abu Hanifa ad-Dinawari (828 AD -896 AD) Persian- flora.
Muslim polymath, astronomer and botanist: founder of
Arabic botany.

12. Luther Burbank (1849–1926): American botanist,

horticulturist, and a pioneer in agricultural science.
3. Ibn al-Baitar (1188–1248): Andalusian-Arab botanist
and author of one of the largest botanical encyclopedias.

13. Charles Sprague Sargent (1841–1927): American

botanist, the first director of the Arnold Arboretum at
4. Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566), German physician: Harvard University.
wrote about the medicinal uses of plants.

14. George Washington Carver (1864 - 1943), American

5. Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703), English naturalist: using Botanist: developed peanut crops and products;
an early microscope discovered cells in living plant developed methods of crop rotation.
tissue.

15. Barbara McClintock (1902 - 1992), American

6. Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778): Swedish botanist, the botanist: genetic structure of maize.
father of modern taxonomy.

16. George Ledyard Stebbins (1906–2000), American

7. David Douglas (1799–1834): Scottish botanical botanist and geneticist: developed a comprehensive
explorer of North America and China, who imported synthesis of plant evolution incorporating genetics.
many ornamental plants into Europe

17. Isabella Abbott (1919–2010), Hawaiian ethnobotanist:

8. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778–1841), Swiss world's leading expert on Hawaiian seaweeds.
botanist: originated the idea of "Nature's war", which
influenced Charles Darwin.
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9. Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882), English naturalist and

father of evolution theory by natural selection: showed
that orchid's beauty was honed by natural selection to
attract insect cross-pollinators.