George Beauchamp Knowles (1790–1862) was an English botanist and a professor at the
Royal School of Medicine and Surgery of Birmingham. He worked in close cooperation with
Frederic Westcott on the taxonomy of orchids.
He was a member of the
Botanical Society of London
The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) is a scientific society for the study of flora, plant distribution and taxonomy relating to Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. The society was founded as the Botani ...
. His author abbreviation in botanical nomenclature is Knowles.
Publications
* 1838. Knowles, GB;
F Westcott. The Floral Cabinet & Magazine of Exotic Botany. 3 vols.
References
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External links
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English botanists
Orchidologists
Botanists with author abbreviations
1790 births
1862 deaths
19th-century British botanists