John Hendley Barnhart: Historian of Botanists and Master Bibliographer

John Hendley Barnhart (1871-1949), an American botanist and bibliographer known for his work at the New York Botanical Garden.

The Botanist Biographer Today is the birthday of the Master Collector of Botanists, John Hendley Barnhart, who was born on this day in 1871. Barnhart was an American botanist who specialized in the biographies of other botanists. Like many botanists, Barnhart came to botany through medicine. After training to be a doctor, he never practiced…

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Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1762 William Gilpin, English watercolorist and champion of the picturesque, was born. He taught generations to see landscapes with a painter’s eye…

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