Daniel Hanbury
Daniel Hanbury (born September 11, 1825 in Clapham , London ; † March 24, 1875 there ) was a British botanist and one of the leading pharmacognosy researchers of the 19th century. His botanical author abbreviation is “ D.Hanb. "
He came from an extended family who supported a wide variety of natural sciences for many decades, particularly in botany and astronomy. His relatives, who were equally interested in science, were cousins Frederick Janson Hanbury (1851–1938) and Francis Hanbury and his younger brother Sir Thomas Hanbury (1832–1907).
Daniel Hanbury made countless trips to study various medicinal plants and their respective cultures. He also helped his brother Thomas Hanbury with the construction of the La Mortola Botanical Gardens in Ventimiglia, Italy.
As a Quaker , he hated alcohol, tobacco and all meat consumption. He remained unmarried.
On October 1, 1857 Daniel Hanbury was registered under registration no. 1827 accepted as a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina with the academic nickname Huxham II .
Web links
- Member Post by Daniel Hanbury in the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Daniel Hanbury at the IPNI
- Short biography of Daniel Hanbury at Herbaria @ home.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence . Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, directory of the members of the academy, according to the chronological order, p. 285 ( archive.org ).
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| SURNAME | Hanbury, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British botanist and pharmacologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clapham |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1875 |
| Place of death | Clapham |