Posts Tagged ‘Danish botanists’
Nathaniel Wallich: Danish Botanist and Superintendent of the East India Company’s Botanical Garden
The Flora of Asia Today is the birthday of the Danish surgeon and botanist Nathaniel Wallich. Nathaniel served as the Superintendent of East India Company’s Botanical Garden in Calcutta, India. Wallich’s early work involved writing a Flora of Asia. The palm Wallichia disticha (“wall-IK-ee-uh DIS-tik-uh”) was named in Wallich’s honor. The name of the species…
Read MoreEmil Christian Hansen: The Botanical Genius Who Saved Your Beer
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. May 8, 1842 On this most auspicious day in the annals of botanical science, we celebrate the birth of Emil Christian Hansen, a man whose contributions to brewing might well have saved countless…
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