John Buchanan (botanist)
John Buchanan (born October 13, 1819 in Levenside , Dunbartonshire , † October 18, 1898 in Dunedin ) was a British draftsman and botanist who worked in New Zealand . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Buchanan ".
Buchanan started out as a draftsman for calico prints in Scotland and did botany in his spare time. In 1851 he emigrated to New Zealand, where he was looking for gold and had a farm. From 1862 he was a draftsman and botanist for the Geological Survey of New Zealand and accompanied James Hector on expeditions. Hector also hired him at the Colonial Museum in Wellington. He collected the flora of New Zealand and illustrated, for example, for the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute . In 1885 he moved back to Dunedin.
In 1876 he became a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London .
Fonts
- Sketch of the Botany of Otago , Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1868
- The Indigenous Grasses of New Zealand , 1878, 1879, 1880
literature
- Nancy M. Adams: Buchanan, John. In: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Vol. 1, 1990 ( digitized version ).
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| SURNAME | Buchanan, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Levenside , Dunbartonshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1898 |
| Place of death | Dunedin |