About George Beauchamp Knowles
Lived 1790 – 1862 (aged 71–72). George Beauchamp Knowles was a British botanist.
George Beauchamp Knowles (1790–1862) was an English botanist and a professor at the Royal School of Medicine and Surgery of Birmingham. He worked in close cooperation with Frederic Westcott on the taxonomy of orchids.
He was a member of the Botanical Society of London. His author abbreviation in botanical nomenclature is Knowles.
Publications 1838. Knowles, GB; F Westcott. The Floral Cabinet & Magazine of Exotic Botany. 3 vols.
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British botanist (1790–1862)
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George Beauchamp Knowles was born in 1790.
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George Beauchamp Knowles died in 1862.
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George Beauchamp Knowles was a botanist.
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