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John Lindley (February 8, 1799 - November 1, 1865) was an English botanist. February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... John Lindley Lindley was born at Catton, near Norwich, where his father, George Lindley, author of A Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden, owned a nursery garden. He was educated at Norwich grammar school. His first publication, in 1819, a translation of the Analyse du fruit of L. C. M. Richard, was followed in 1820 by an original Monographia Rosarum, with descriptions of new species, and drawings executed by himself, and in 1821 by Monographia Digitalium, and by "Observations on Pomaceae", contributed to the Linnean Society. Shortly afterwards he went to London, where he was engaged by J. C. Loudon to write the descriptive portion of the Encyclopaedia of Plants. Image File history File links JLindley. ... Image File history File links JLindley. ... Norwich (pronounced variously Norritch, Norridge) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England, and the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Louis Claude Marie Richard (September 19, 1754 - June 6, 1821) was a French botanist. ... The Linnean Society of London is the worlds premier society for the study and dissemination about taxonomy. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... John Claudius Loudon (April 8, 1783 - 1843) was a Scottish botanist. ... In his labours on this undertaking, which was completed in 1829, and by arduous studying the pattern of characters, he became convinced of the superiority of the "natural" system of Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, i.e. a system that reflected the great plan of nature. This had to be distinguished from the "artificial" system of Linnaeus followed in the Encyclopaedia; the conviction found expression in A Synopsis of British Flora, arranged according to the Natural Order (1829) and in An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany (1830). Portrait of Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (April 12, 1748 - September 17, 1836) was a French botanist. ... Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... In 1829 Lindley, who since 1822 had been assistant secretary to the Horticultural Society, was appointed to the chair of botany in University College, London, which he retained till 1860; he lectured also on botany from 1831 at the Royal Institution, and from 1836 at the Botanic Gardens, Chelsea. During his professoriate he wrote many scientific and popular works, besides contributing largely to the Botanical Register, of which he was editor for many years, and to the Gardener's Chronicle, in which he had charge of the horticultural department from 1841. He was a fellow of the Royal, Linnean and Geological Societies. He died at Turnham Green. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 as the London Horticultural Society, and gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861 by Prince Albert. ... Look up chair in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Front Quad University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ... Leopold I 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Royal Institution of Great Britain was set up in 1799 by the leading British scientists of the age, including Henry Cavendish and its first president George Finch, the 9th Earl of Winchilsea, for diffusing the knowledge, and facilitating the general introduction, of useful mechanical inventions and improvements; and for... The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... take you to calendar). ... The premises of the Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ... The Geological Society of London is a learned society based in the United Kingdom with the aim of investigating the mineral structure of the Earth. It is the oldest geological society in the world. ... After Edgehill (23rd Oct) Charles captured Banbury (27th Oct) and was greeted by cheering crowds as he arrived in Oxford (29th Oct). ... Besides those already mentioned, his works include : An Outline of the First Principles of Horticulture (1832) An Outline of the Structure and Physiology of Plants (1832) Nixus Plantarum (1833) A Natural System of Botany (1836) The Fossil Flora of Great Britain (with William Hutton, 1831-1837) Flora Medica (1838) Theory of Horticulture (1840) The Vegetable Kingdom (1846) Folia Orchidacea (1852) Descriptive Botany (1858). In 1841 he co-founded The Gardeners' Chronicle alongside Joseph Paxton, Charles Wentworth Dilke and William Bradbury and became its first editor. 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Leopold I 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... | Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... take you to calendar). ... The contents page from a 1914 edition of the Chronicle The Gardeners Chronicle was perhaps the most famous of all Horticultural periodicals. ... Sir Joseph Paxton (1803–1865) was an English gardener and architect of The Crystal Palace. ... Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 1st Baronet. ... He is one of the fathers of orchid classification and plant systematics in general. The standard botanical author abbreviation Lindl. is applied to species he described. In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ... References This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Encyclopædia Britannica, the 11th edition The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... 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