Nathaniel Lord Britton

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academic botanist human taxonomist university teacher

Nathaniel Lord Britton was an American botanist and taxonomist renowned for co-founding and directing the New York Botanical Garden and for his influential work on the flora of North America and the Caribbean.

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Nathaniel Lord Britton canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic ⓘ
botanist ⓘ
human ⓘ
taxonomist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in botany ⓘ
areaOfActivity Caribbean ⓘ
North America ⓘ
West Indies ⓘ
coAuthor Addison Brown ⓘ
Charles Frederick Millspaugh ⓘ
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton ⓘ
John Adolph Shafer ⓘ
Lucien Marcus Underwood ⓘ
coFounderOf New York Botanical Garden ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
directorOf New York Botanical Garden ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
surface form: Columbia College

Columbia University ⓘ
employer Columbia University ⓘ
familyName Britton ⓘ
fieldOfWork botany ⓘ
plant taxonomy ⓘ
systematic botany ⓘ
genre field guide ⓘ
flora ⓘ
givenName Nathaniel ⓘ
hasHonorificEponym Brittonia (botanical journal) ⓘ
numerous plant species epithets "brittonii" ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf New York Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Torrey Botanical Club ⓘ
name Nathaniel Lord Britton self-link ⓘ
notableFor co-founding the New York Botanical Garden ⓘ
contributions to plant taxonomy ⓘ
directing the New York Botanical Garden ⓘ
studies of the flora of North America ⓘ
studies of the flora of the Caribbean ⓘ
notableWork Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions ⓘ
North American Trees ⓘ
The Bahama Flora ⓘ
The Flora of Bermuda ⓘ
occupation botanist ⓘ
taxonomist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
positionHeld director of the New York Botanical Garden ⓘ
president of the Torrey Botanical Club ⓘ
professor of botany at Columbia University ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Gertrude Britton ⓘ
workLocation New York Botanical Garden ⓘ

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New York Botanical Garden → foundedBy → Nathaniel Lord Britton ⓘ
Nathaniel Lord Britton → name → Nathaniel Lord Britton self-link ⓘ
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton → spouse → Nathaniel Lord Britton ⓘ