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John Hutton Balfour

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British botanist (1808-1884)

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John Hutton Balfour was a Scottish botanist. Balfour became a Professor of Botany, first at the University of Glasgow in 1841, moving to the University of Edinburgh and also becoming the 7th Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Her Majesty's Botanist in 1845.

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Fellow of the Royal Society
honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews
honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London

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John Hutton Balfour was a Scottish botanist. Balfour became a Professor of Botany, first at the University of Glasgow in 1841, moving to the University of Edinburgh and also becoming the 7th Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Her Majesty's Botanist in 1845. He held these posts until his retirement in 1879. He was nicknamed Woody Fibre.

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Lived 1808 to 1884 · aged 75
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