George Simonds Boulger (1853–1922) was an English botanist. Boulger wrote articles as the

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Correspondent of ''

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'', and other works on botany and natural history.

Life

George Boulger was born at

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, Surrey, the son of Edward Boulger MD. He was a cousin of the sculptor,

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. He was educated at

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and

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and the

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. At the age of 23 he became Professor of Natural History at the

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, Cirencester, and after holding the chair for 30 years he was appointed Honorary Professor. He had also been Lecturer on Botany and Geology at the

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, since 1884, and at the

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since 1917. Professor Boulger was an active member of public associations for natural history and botany, the

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, the Essex Field Club, the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies. He died in Richmond, Surrey on 4 May 1922.

Works

Boulger's works were published in many editions, these were: ''The Uses of Plants'' (1889)'','' ''Familiar Trees,'' ''Biographical Index of British and Irish Botanists'' (with

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), ''The Country Month by Month:'' (with

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), ''Elementary Geology,'' ''Flowers of the Field,'' ''Flowers of the Wood,'' ''Botany,'' ''Plant Geography,'' ''British Flowering Plants'' (with

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), and ''Wood'' (1902). ''The Uses of Plants'' talks about commercial uses of plants in fields such as food production and medicine, ''Wood'' discusses about the characteristics and many uses of wood, describing and illustrating various classification and durability of many different types of timber。

Family

Boulger married Dorothy Havers in 1879, the daughter of Thomas Havers, of Thelton Hall,

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. She wrote over fifteen novels and several novellas between 1874 and 1903 under the pen name "Theo. Gift," including some stories for girls.''

'', Friday, May 05, 1922; Issue 43023; pg. 18; col C — "The Times" Botanist. Death Of Professor G. S. Boulger.

References

;attribution: adapted from ''Times'' obit., unknown contributor {{DEFAULTSORT:Boulger, George Simonds English botanists The Times people English botanical writers 1853 births 1922 deaths Fellows of the Linnean Society of London