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Richard Spruce
1817 – 1893
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryRichard Spruce was an English botanist specializing in bryology. One of the great Victorian botanical explorers, Spruce spent 15 years exploring the Amazon from the Andes to its mouth, and was one of the very first Europeans to observe many of the places where he collected specimens. Spruce discovered and named a number of new plant species, and corresponded with some of the leading botanists of the nineteenth century.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
September 10, 1817
Ganthorpe
Date of death
December 28, 1893
Coneysthorpe
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupations & fields
botanistexplorerentomologistpteridologistbryologistnaturalist
- Field and occupation
- anglický botanik se zaměřením na bryologii. Specializace na taxonomii rostlin na území Velké Británie a Jižní Ameriky
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