langs: 20 марта [ru] / march 20 [en] / 20. märz [de] / 20 mars [fr] / 20 marzo [it] / 20 de marzo [es]
days: march 17 / march 18 / march 19 / march 20 / march 21 / march 22 / march 23
#1 St. Brandon
Saint Brandon , also known as the Cargados Carajos Shoals , is an Indian Ocean archipelago about 430 kilometres (270 mi) Northeast of Mauritius consisting of sand banks, shoals and islets . Saint Brandon consists of five island groups, with about 28–40 islands and islets in total, depending on sea
Torreya taxifolia , commonly known as Florida torreya or stinking-cedar , but also sometimes as Florida nutmeg or gopher wood , is an endangered subcanopy tree of the yew family , Taxaceae . It is native to only a small glacial refugium in the southeastern United States , at the state border region
#1 Léon Humblot
Léon Joseph Henry Humblot (3 June 1852 in Nancy – 20 March 1914) was a French naturalist and botanical collector. [1] French naturalist (1852–1914) He worked as a gardener for the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, then in 1878 embarked on a research trip to Madagascar , where he set up
Siegfried Stockmayer (8 August 1868, Vienna – 20 March 1933, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist und physician. [1] He collected plants in Austria and Italy. [2] After graduating from Vienna's Schottengymnasium , Stockmayer studied medicine and botany from 1886 to 1892 at the University of Vienna , whe
Cyril Dean Darlington FRS [1] (19 December 1903 – 26 March 1981) was an English biologist , cytologist, geneticist and eugenicist , who discovered the mechanics of chromosomal crossover , [2] its role in inheritance, and therefore its importance to evolution . He was Sherardian Professor of Botany a
Truman George Yuncker (March 20, 1891 – January 8, 1964) was a taxonomic botanist best known for his work in the family Piperaceae . Yuncker first taught at Manual High School in Indianapolis , Indiana . [1] After service in World War I , he received his doctorate from the University of Illinois in
Kiichi Miyake ( 三宅 驥一 , Miyake Kiichi , 11 November 1876 – 20 March 1964) was a Japanese botanist and professor at the University of Tokyo . His research focus was bryology and pteridology . His undergraduate studies were at Doshisha University and the University of Tokyo . His graduated studies w
Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (January 12, 1808 – March 20, 1880, in Lichtenberg ) was an Alsatian botanist with French, later German citizenship. [lower-alpha 1] He was born in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel , but spent his youth in Offwiller , a village at the foot of the Vosges mountain range in Alsace . He w
George Baker Cummins (August 29, 1904 – March 30, 2007) was a notable American mycologist and was considered an authority on the rust fungi . At his death he was the last surviving charter member of the Mycological Society of America . American mycologist (1904-2007) George Baker Cummins Born ( 1904
Amiel Weeks Whipple (October 21, 1817 – May 7, 1863) [1] was an American military officer and topographical engineer. He served as a brigadier general in the American Civil War , where he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville . Among his many survey assignments for the US War Depart
Lena Clemmons Artz (August 3, 1891 – June 2, 1976) was an American botanist and secondary-school educator dedicated to the study of the flora of Virginia, particularly that of its shale barrens and other mountain ecosystems. The standard author abbreviation Artz is used to indicate this person as th
William West, FLS (22 February 1848 – 14 May 1914) was an English pharmacist , botanist , microscopist and writer, particularly noted for his studies of freshwater algae . His sons, both botanists, were William West Jr with whom he did fieldwork , and George Stephen West with whom West co-wrote bota
Elias Judah Durand (20 March 1870 - – 29 October 1922) was an American mycologist , and botanist . He was one of the foremost American experts on the discomycetes . American mycologist and botanist For the American pharmacist and botanist (1794-1873), see Elias Durand . Elias Judah Durand Born ( 187
#12 Hiroshi Tamiya
Hiroshi Tamiya ( 田宮 博 , Tamiya Hiroshi , born January 5, 1903, Tokyo ; died March 20, 1984) was an important [1] Japanese plant biochemist and microbiologist . He is notable for mid-twentieth century research he did on the thermodynamics of the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis . [2] Hir
Francis Buchanan White (20 March 1842, Perth – 3 December 1894, Perth) was a Scottish entomologist and botanist . Scottish entomologist and botanist (1842–1894) This article needs additional citations for verification . ( December 2011 ) Francis Buchanan White He studied medicine at the University o
#14 Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois
Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois (30 January 1715, Douai – 20 March 1804, Lille ) was a French botanist and pharmacist . His son François Joseph Lestiboudois (1759-1815) and grandson Gaspard Thémistocle Lestiboudois (1797-1876) were also botanists. Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois Born 30 January 1715 Douai Die
#15 Johan Lange
Johan Martin Christian Lange (20 March 1818 – 3 April 1898) was a prominent Danish botanist . [1] This article is about the Danish botanist. For the Danish football director and coach, see Johan Lange (football coach) . Johan Lange Born ( 1818-03-20 ) 20 March 1818 Ødstedgård near Vejle , Denmark Di
Janet Russell Perkins (March 20, 1853 – 1933) was an American-born botanist. Perkins authored 191 land plant species names, the tenth-highest number of such names authored by any female scientist. [1] American botanist and explorer (1853–1933) Janet Russell Perkins Born March 20, 1853 Lafayette, Ind
#17 Harold J. Brodie
Harold Johnston Brodie (December 3, 1907 – March 23, 1989) was a Canadian mycologist , known for his contributions to the knowledge of the Nidulariaceae , or bird's nest fungi. Canadian mycologist Harold Johnston Brodie Born ( 1907-12-03 ) December 3, 1907 Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada Died March 20,
#18 Nellie Bancroft
Helen Holme Simmons [1] FRS FLS ( née Bancroft ; 30 September 1887 – 2 October 1950), commonly known as Nellie Bancroft , [2] [3] [4] was a British botanist and scientific illustrator famous for her work on plant systematics and the anatomy of both living and fossil plants. [1] Bancroft was while wo
#19 Rudolph Scheffer
Rudolph Herman Christiaan Carel Scheffer (born 12 September 1844 in Spaarndam , Netherlands - died 1880 in Singaraja, West Java , Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia ) [1] was a Dutch botanist and director of Buitenzorg Botanical Garden . [2] Rudolph H.C.C. Scheffer
#20 Thomas Hardwicke
Major-General Thomas Hardwicke (1756 [1] – 3 March 1835 [2] [3] ) was an English soldier and naturalist who was in India from 1777 to 1823. He collected numerous specimens of natural history and had them painted by Indian artists. From these paintings many new species were described. Several of thes