Botany
Discover prominent individuals who have shaped the field of Botany. Explore the contributions of notable biologists, scientists, and researchers who have advanced our understanding of plant life.
Prospero Alpini
Italy
ItalyItalian physician and botanist.
Giovanni Tsanardini
Italy
ItalyFamous Italian botanist and algologist
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch
Germany
GermanyGerman botanist, mycologist and doctor of theology.
Joseph Henry Maiden
Great Britain
Great BritainAustralian Botanist
Kare Bremer
Sweden
SwedenSwedish botanist
Johann Friedrich Gmelin
Germany
GermanyGerman physician, botanist and chemist
Mariam Aghababyan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian botanist
Carlo Allioni
Italy
ItalyItalian physician, professor of botany at the University of Turin.
Ludwig Koch
Germany
GermanyGerman botanist
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish botanist and mycologist, one of the founders of phytopathology
Clas Alstromer
Sweden
SwedenSwedish naturalist, botanist, industrialist and philanthropist
Paul Grabner
Germany
GermanyGerman botanist, florist, geobotanist.
Simon Shvendener
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss botanist.
Josef Tsukkarini
Germany
GermanyGerman botanist
Jan Gronovius
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch botanist
Otto Kuntze
Germany
GermanyGerman botanist and traveler
Charles Plumie
France
FranceFrench botanist.
John McConnell Black
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish botanist and linguist.
Jakub Waga
Poland
PolandPolish botanist
Anastasio Guzman
Spain
SpainSpanish pharmacist, botanist, zoologist, traveler
Jogann Falk
Sweden
SwedenSwedish traveler and explorer
Henri Ernest Baillon
France
FranceFrench botanist and physician.
Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers
Germany
Germany19th century German botanist
Johann Christoph Doll
Germany
Germany19th century German botanist
Ernest Saint-Charles Cosson
France
FranceFrench botanist
Gunther Beck
Austria
AustriaAustrian (German, Czech) botanist, professor
Giovanni Grassi
Italy
ItalyItalian zoologist and parasitologist.
Friedrich Wurmb
Germany
GermanyGerman botanist
Goran Wahlenberg
Sweden
SwedenSwedish botanist
Odoardo Beccari
Italy
ItalyItalian botanist and traveler
Jahn Lamark
France
FranceBotanist
Arthur Cronquist
USA
USAAmerican botanist
Osip Baranetsky
Botanist, professor of botany at Kiev University
Adam Zaluzansky
Czech botanist, physician, theologian, poet
Anna Shiyan
Soviet botanist
Robert Brown
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish botanist who discovered the random movement of tiny particles in a liquid or gas under the influence of impacts from environmental molecules, which was called Brownian motion.
John McConnell Black
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish botanist and linguist.
Adolphe-Theodore Brongniart
France
FranceFrench botanist. Founder of modern paleobotany and developer of the classification of fossilized plants.