Samuel Botsford Buckley (May 9, 1809 – February 18, 1884) was an American botanist, geologist, and naturalist. He graduated from

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...

in 1836. Buckley investigated the botany of the southern United States and discovered many new species of plants and mollusks. The plant genus ''

Buckleya ''Buckleya'' is an Asian and American genus of hemiparasitic shrubs in the sandalwood family. It is named for Samuel Botsford Buckley. Buckleya is also known as Piratebush. Plants of this species are dioecious, meaning they are either bear ei ...

'' was named in his honor. He also was the state geologist of Texas (1860–1861); determined the height of

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in the

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(named in his honor), in

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, and several other summits; and was the scientific editor of the ''State Gazette'' in

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(1871-1872). He wrote numerous scientific papers and a book on the trees and shrubs of the United States.

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Wesleyan University alumni American naturalists American botanists People from Yates County, New York 1809 births 1884 deaths Scientists from New York (state) {{US-scientist-stub