Henry William Ravenel
1814
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1887
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
educated at: University of South Carolina
occupation: botanist
Henry William Ravenel (May 19, 1814 – July 17, 1887) was an American planter and botanist. He studied fungi and cryptogams in South Carolina, discovering a large number of new species. The genus Ravenelia is named after him, along with many of the species he discovered. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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