science · 05 February 1799 · 225 years ago
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Born 5 Feb 1799; died 1 Nov 1865 at age 66.
British botanist whose attempts to formulate a natural system of plant classification greatly aided the transition from the artificial (considering the characters of single parts) to the natural system (considering all characters of a plant). He made the first definitive orchid classification in 1830.
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