Person Bentham; George (1800 - 1884) Bentham George 1800 - 1884 British Male Stoke, near Plymouth, Devon, England 22 September 1800 London 10 September 1884

Botany 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) 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 Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1859 Fellow 05/06/1862 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1884-1885 vol 38 pp i-v signed by D O International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 22 Sep 1800 - 10 Sep 1884 NA3468 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/56714582 dd4a308e-bdde-4b97-bd4a-c1b7736e0024