| Authorised form of name | Bentham; George (1800 - 1884) |
| Dates | 1800 - 1884 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Stoke, near Plymouth, Devon, England |
| Date of birth | 22 September 1800 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 10 September 1884 |
| Research field | Botany |
| Activity | Education:
Lincoln's Inn
Career:
Lived in France (1814-1827) and in Russia; spoke five languages; Honorary Secretary, Horticultural Society (1829-1840); published 'Memoirs of genera and natural orders of Indian Plants' (1832-1836) and 'Handbook of British Flora' (1858); worked at Kew (after 1861)
Honours:
CMG 1878
Memberships:
FLS (1828; President)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/06/1862 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1859 |
| Relationships | Son of Sir Samuel Bentham, naval architect and engineer, and his wife Mary Sophia, daughter of George Fordyce (FRS 1776); nephew of Jeremy Bentham; married (1834) a daughter of Sir Harford Jones Brydges |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1884-1885 vol 38 pp i-v signed by D O |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/56714582 |
| Code | NA3468 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1862/02 | Bentham, George: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/13/95 | Letter from Jos D [Joseph Dalton] Hooker, Royal Gardens, Kew, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 24 September 1884 |
| MC/14/145 | Letter from Roberts & Co, 15 Lombard Street, London, to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 14 August 1886 |
| IM/Maull/000335 | Bentham, George | nd |
| MS/257/1/131 | Letter from George Bentham, 25 Wilton Place to Edward Sabine | 18 January 1865 |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |
| MC/2/103 | Letter from Charles [Dietrich Eberhard] Konig, Athenaeum, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society] | 8 December 1833 |
| MC/7/304 | Letter from George Bentham, Linnean Society, Burlington House, London, to General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society] | 7 February 1866 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |
| MC/9/13 | Letter from J [John] Gwyn Jeffreys, 25 Devonshire Place, Portland Place, to Mr [George] Bentham | 22 January 1870 |
| MC/9/24 | Letter from George Bentham, President of the Linnean Society, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 3 February 1870 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| MC/10/225 | Letter from George Bentham, 26 Wilton Place, to W [Walter] White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 21 February 1875 |
| MS/257/1/134 | Letter from George Bentham, 25 Wilton Place to Edward Sabine | 16 February 1865 |
| MS/257/1/135 | Letter from George Bentham, 25 Wilton Place to Edward Sabine | 17 March 1865 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MS/257/1/133 | Letter from George Bentham, 25 Wilton Place to Edward Sabine | 14 February 1865 |
| MC/13 | Volume 13 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1884 |
| MS/257/1/132 | Letter from George Bentham, 25 Wilton Place to Edward Sabine | 21 January 1865 |
| MS/257/1/136 | Letter from George Bentham, 25 Wilton Place to Edward Sabine | 24 March 1865 |
| MC/14/98 | Letter from Carlisle and Ordell, to Dr [John] Evans, Hemel Hempstead | 30 December 1885 |
| MC/14/142 | Letter from Nelson & Son, Proctors & Solicitors, 18 Bennet's Hill, Doctors Commons, to John Evans, Hemel Hempstead | 7 August 1886 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |