Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Botanical Anniversaries by Lucia C. Stanton, (April 1992), E332.2 .A5 1992A
Item
Identifier: id3979
Scope and Contents
Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton, professor of botany and natural history at University of Pennsylvania, and Samuel Latham Mitchill, physician-naturalist and Congressman, both lauded Jefferson for his passion for and contribution to the science of botany. Barton honored him by naming the twinleaf plant Jeffersonia dyphylla (in the Linnaean nomenclature, introduced in 1753, that Jefferson so admired).
Dates:
E332.2 .A5 1992A
