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Daniel Hanbury was a British botanist, pharmacologist, and botanical collector born in Clapham in 1825. He worked in the fields of pharmacology, botany, pharmacognosy, and medicinal plants. His notable works include *Pharmacographia: a history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India*, as well as studies on *Garcina* species, *Amomum*, *Cassia moschata*, and storax. He is also associated with the Hanbury botanical gardens.
Hanbury was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. His collections are held at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle and the Natural History Museum, and he is recognized in the Royal Society collection. He died of typhoid fever, a natural cause, in Clapham on March 24, 1875. He spoke English.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1825
- Died
- 1875
- Works
- 15
Top works
- On the species of Garcina which affords gamboge in Siam
- On some new species of Amomum from West Africa
- Note on Cassia moschata H., B., K.
- Pharmacographia : a history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India
- On storax
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Daniel
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Clapham
- Place of death
- Clapham
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Hanbury botanical gardens
- Field of work
- medicinal plant
- Image
- Daniel Hanbury.jpg
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- date of death
- 1875-01-01
- date of birth
- 1825-01-01
- cause of death
- typhoid fever
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Daniel Hanbury
- P6944
- Daniel Hanbury
- collection items at
- Natural History Museum
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