Makers of British Botany

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 (17851865) the first Director of Kew and John Ray (16271705) 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 Soc...See More