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Botany


1977 Maria Realino, teacher (Botany of Curaeao), dies at 87

1970 Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69

1963 John Farrow, actor and director (Botany Bay), dies at 58

1955 Michael Pollan, born in Long Island, New York, professor of journalism, U of C, Berkeley, author, columnist, activist, wrote, 'The Omnivore's Dilemma', 'The Botany of Desire', 'In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto'

1904 John Farrow, born in Sydney, Australia, director/actor, Botany Bay, Wake Island

1903 Francois Crepin, Belgian botany, dies at 72

1901 Patrick Aherne, England, actor, Bwana Devil, Botany Bay, Q Planes

1889 Maria Realino, Frederikus Janssen, teacher, Botany of Curacao

1849 Stephan L Endlicher, Austrian priest/botany, dies at 44

1845 Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77

1830 Francois Crepin, Belgian botany

1799 John Lindley, English botanist, Elements of Botany

1788 Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay NSW

1788 Captain Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales

1788 English settlers arrive in Australia's Botany Bay to setup penal colony

1787 Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay

1777 John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77

1770 Captain James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia

1770 Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay (Australia)

1762 Johann F Gronovius, physician/botany, dies at 76

1699 John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany

1686 Johann F Gronovius, Dutch physician/botany

1582 Leidse university names Rembert Dodoens professor of botany/medicine

1554 Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies


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