Benjamin Daydon Jackson
1846–1927
Botanist and botanical bibliographer. Editor of Index Kewensis, 1893–5; co-editor of its supplement, 1901–6. Biographer of George Bentham and translator of a biography of Linnaeus, upon whose work and collections he was an authority. Botanical secretary, Linnean Society of London, 1880–1902; general secretary, 1902–26.
Sources
R. Desmond 1994
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (1927–8): 119–23
Bibliography
Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.
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