About Mary Sophia Bentham
Lived 1767 – 1858 (aged 90–91). Mary Sophia Bentham was a botanist.
Mary Sophia Bentham ( 1765 – 1858) was a British botanist and author.
Bentham was a daughter of chemist George Fordyce (1736–1802), wife of mechanical engineer Samuel Bentham (1757–1831), and mother of botanist George Bentham (1800–1884).
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Who was Mary Sophia Bentham?
British botanist and author
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Mary Sophia Bentham was born in 1767.
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Mary Sophia Bentham died in 1858.
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Mary Sophia Bentham was a botanist.
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