John Hutton Balfour

1808 - 1884

country of citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: University of Edinburgh, University of St Andrews, Royal High School

occupation: botanist, bryologist, university teacher, surgeon, literary editor

award received: Fellow of the Royal Society, honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews, honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Linnean Society of London

position held: Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Regius Professor of Botany, Regius Professor of Plant Science

John Hutton Balfour (15 September 1808 – 11 February 1884) was a Scottish botanist. Balfour became a Professor of Botany, first at the University of Glasgow in 1841, moving to the University of Edinburgh and also becoming the 7th Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Her Majesty's Botanist in 1845. He held these posts until his retirement in 1879. He was nicknamed Woody Fibre. Source: Wikipedia (en)