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John Hutton Balfour

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Gender Male
Death139 years ago
Date of birth September 15,1808
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Date of died February 11,1884
DiedInverleith House
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Field Botany
Children Isaac Bayley Balfour
Job Plant Biologist
Education Royal High School, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
University of St Andrews
The Royal High School
Awards Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of the Royal Society
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The Plants of the Bible. Trees and Shrubs
A manual of botany being an introduction to the study of the structure, physiology, and classification of plants
Phyto- Theology
Introduction to the Study of Palaeontological Botany
Essays in Paradox
Biographical Sketch of the Late Dr. Golding Bird: Being an Address to Students Delivered at the Request of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society
Notes of a Continental Tour in Aug. and Sept. 1877
The botanist's companion; or, Directions for the use of the microscope
Phyto- theology: Or, Botanical Sketches, Intended to Illustrate the Works of God in the Structure, Functions, and General Distribution of Plants
Second Book of Botany: Being an Introduction to the Study of Systematic and Economic Botany, Suited for Beginners
Letter to R. K. Greville, LL. D. : Being an Answer to Certain Statements Contained in a Pamphlet Entitled Singular Specimens of the Edinburgh Practice of Criticism, by John Joseph Griffin,
Louise Bourgeois: Nature Study
A Catalogue of British Plants: Containing the flowering plants and ferns. Pt. 1st
Hand-Book to Illustrations of Botany
Phyto-theology: Or, Botanical Sketches, Intended to Illustrate the Works of God in the Structure, Functions, and General Distribution of Plants
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John Hutton Balfour FRSE FRS FRCSE FLS MWS was a Scottish botanist. Balfour became a Professor of Botany, first at the University of Glasgow in 1841, moving to the University of Edinburgh and also becoming the 7th Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Her Majesty's Botanist in 1845.

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