Benjamin Daydon Jackson
Benjamin Daydon Jackson | |
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Died | 12 October 1927 London, England | (aged 81)
Benjamin Daydon Jackson (3 April 1846 – 12 October 1927) was a pioneering botanist and taxonomer who wrote the first volume of Index Kewensis to include all the flowering plants.[1]
Biography
Jackson was the eldest child of Benjamin Daydon Jackson (c.1806-1855) and Elizabeth Gaze (b.c.1815),Linnaean Society.[4]
Works
Besides the Index Kewensis, he wrote:
- Guide to the Literature of Botany (1881)
- Vegetable Technology (1882)
- Glossary of Botanical Terms (1900)
References
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- ^ Durand, Théophile; Benjamin Daydon Jackson; William Turner Thiselton-Dyer; David Prain; Arthur William Hill; Edward James Salisbury (1908). Index Kewensis plantarum phanerogamarum: Supplementum Tertium Nomina et Synonyma Omnium Generum et Specierum AB Initio Anni MDCCCCI Usque AD Finem Anni MDCCCCV Complectens (suppl.3 (1901-1905) ed.). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
- ^ English 1845 Marriage Registration, B.D. Jackson senior and Elizabeth Gaze
- ^ 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1558; Folio: 53; Page: 17; GSU roll: 174791.
- New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. B.D.Jacks.
- Jackson, Benjamin Daydon (1846-1927) at International Plant Names Index