botanist
Benjamin Smith Barton.
American physician, professor, and botanist (1766-1815)
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About Benjamin Smith Barton
Benjamin Smith Barton was an American botanist, naturalist, and physician. He was one of the first professors of natural history in the United States and built the largest collection of botanical specimens in the country. He wrote the first American textbook on botany.
Everything about Benjamin Smith Barton →- Occupation
- botanist, physician, university teacher, zoologist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 10, 1766
- Died
- December 19, 1815