Samuel Bonsall Parish

Samuel Bonsall Parish (1838–1928) was a California botanist and curator of the

, and others.

After studying at New York University in 1858, he became a professor and then participated for four years at the American Civil War. With his brother, he bought a ranch near San Bernardino in 1872 and studied the flora of southern California. His collection of plants of this region led him to undertake a collaboration with

. His herbarium was sold to Stanford University in 1917.

References

• Parish, S. B. (Samuel Bonsall) (1838-1928), University and Jepson Herbaria Archives, University of California, Berkeley