Nathaniel Wallich
Surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India (1786-1854) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nathaniel Wolff Wallich FRS FRSE (28 January 1786 – 28 April 1854) was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India, initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later for the Danish East India Company and the British East India Company. He was involved in the early development of the Calcutta Botanical Garden, describing many new plant species and developing a large herbarium collection which was distributed to collections in Europe. Several of the plants that he collected were named after him.
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Born | Nathan ben Wulff (1786-01-28)28 January 1786 Copenhagen, Denmark |
Died | 28 April 1854(1854-04-28) (aged 68) London, England |
Alma mater | Royal Academy of Surgeons |
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Author abbrev. (botany) | Wall.[1] |
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