Cardale Babington
English botanist and archaeologist (1808-1895) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles Cardale Babington (23 November 1808 – 22 July 1895) was an English botanist, entomologist, and archaeologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. A contemporary of Charles Darwin, he was a student of John Stevens Henslow, active in botanical circles and succeeded Henslow as professor of botany at Cambridge. Apart from the Manual of British Botany which went into several editions, he published floras of Bath and Cambridgeshire; and a monograph on the genus Rubus. In his taxonomic approach, he was considered a splitter.
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Born | Charles Cardale Babington (1808-11-23)23 November 1808 |
Died | 22 July 1895(1895-07-22) (aged 86) |
Education | St John's College, Cambridge |
Known for | Manual of British Botany (1843) |
Spouse | Anna Maria Walker |
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Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botanist and archaeologist |
Institutions | Cambridge University |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Bab. |
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