• William Wood (29 May 1745 – 1 April 1808) was an English Unitarian minister and botanist who was involved in efforts to remedy the political and educational...
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  • William Wood may refer to: William Wood (banker, born 1808) (1808–1894), Scottish-American banker William Henry O'Malley Wood (1856–1941), Australian...
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  • William Coles (1626–1662), botanist, also known as William Cole, was born in 1626 at Adderbury, Oxfordshire, being the son of John Cole. He is known for...
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  • "Stern, William Louis (1926-)". JSTOR. "Botanist Bill Stern Seminar". University of Florida. "Dr. William L. Stern #311HL". International Wood Collectors...
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  • politician William Wood (banker) (1808–1894), Scottish-American banker William Wood (botanist) (1745–1808), English Unitarian clergyman, botanist and activist...
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  • William Fawcett (1851–1926) was a British botanist and coauthor of the Flora of Jamaica. He was born in Arklow, County Wicklow, on 13 February 1851. He...
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    Maclura pomifera (redirect from Bow wood)
    hedge, monkey ball, pap, monkey brains and yellow-wood. The name bois d'arc (from French meaning "bow-wood") has also been corrupted into bodark and bodock...
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  • William Ferguson FRSE FLS DL FGS (1820–1887), was a botanist and entomologist. He specialised in algae and ferns. Ferguson entered the Ceylon civil service...
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    David Douglas (25 June 1799 – 12 July 1834) was a Scottish botanist, best known as the namesake of the Douglas fir. He worked as a gardener, and explored...
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    following the death of Rev. William Wood, who had started the work. In addition, he contributed 57 biographies of botanists. He contributed seven volumes...
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  • Chapel, amateur botanist and campaigner against the Test Acts. His mother was Louisa Ann née Oates, the daughter of a wealthy Leeds family. Wood moved to Manchester...
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  • This is an incomplete list of botanists by their author abbreviation, which is designed for citation with the botanical names or works that they have...
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    William James Linton (December 7, 1812 – December 29, 1897) was an English-born American wood-engraver, landscape painter, political reformer and author...
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    Allan Cunningham (13 July 1791 – 27 June 1839) was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his expeditions into uncolonised areas of eastern...
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  • This is a list of botanists who have Wikipedia articles, in alphabetical order by surname. The List of botanists by author abbreviation is mostly a list...
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    Lignum nephriticum (Latin for "kidney wood") is a traditional diuretic that was derived from the wood of two tree species, the narra (Pterocarpus indicus)...
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  • John Henry Wood (1841–1914), English entomologist John L. Wood (born 1964), American chemist John Medley Wood (1827–1915), South African botanist John Nicholas...
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    Cerioporus squamosus (category Taxa named by William Hudson (botanist))
    mushroom's cap. The species was first described scientifically by British botanist William Hudson in 1778, who named it Boletus squamosus. It was given its current...
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  • William Wood (July 7, 1822 – August 9, 1885) was an American physician and naturalist, best remembered as an expert on the avifauna of Connecticut. Wood...
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    Sassafras (section Wood)
    Sassafras was first described by the Bohemian botanist Jan Presl in 1825. The name "sassafras", applied by the botanist Nicolas Monardes in 1569, comes from the...
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    Forsythia – also one of the plant's common names – is named after the botanist William Forsyth. Forsythia are deciduous shrubs typically growing to a height...
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    William Thompson (2 December 1805 – 17 February 1852) was an Irish naturalist celebrated for his founding studies of the natural history of Ireland, especially...
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    Scottish botanical collector. Thomas Drummond was the younger brother of the botanist James Drummond. He was born in Scotland, and during the early part of his...
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  • 1835. A blue plaque has been placed on the house which says: William Cattley, Botanist, 1788-1835, lived in this house. The guava species Psidium cattleyanum...
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  • John Sowerby M.A. (18 September 1823 – 8 December 1902) was an English botanist, writer, and early member of the Alpine Club. John Sowerby was born in...
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  • This is an incomplete list of botanists by their author abbreviation, which is designed for citation with the botanical names or works that they have...
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    (1857–1924) was an American physician and botanist best known for creating The American Woods, a 14-volume collection of wood samples from across North America...
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    William Heberden FRS (13 August 1710 – 17 May 1801) was an English physician. He was born in London, where he received the early part of his education...
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    Mutinus caninus (category Taxa named by William Hudson (botanist))
    Latin word for Penis. It was described initially by William Hudson (1730–1793), a noted British botanist. Its common names in French, Phallus de Chien, Satyre...
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  • murders. Gil Grissom, a forensic entomologist, D.B. Russell, an esteemed botanist, and Julie Finlay and Catherine Willows, blood spatter experts with extensive...
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