Named for Carl Linnaeus.
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George Bentham
Botanist. Born in Stoke, near Plymouth. His family moved to St Petersburg in 1805, where he becam proficient in several languages. In France he studied at the universities of Tours and Montpelier. ...
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Francis Crick
Molecular biologist. Born Francis Harry Compton Crick at Holmgarth, Holmfield Way, Weston Favell, near Northampton. He met James Watson at Cambridge in the early 1950s where they worked on the stru...
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Sir Henry De la Beche
Born Welbeck Street. An unusual childhood: his father changed their name from Beach to create a fictional connection with the medieval Barons De la Beche of Aldworth. Inheriting a slave plantation ...
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George James Symons
Pioneer in the scientific study of rainfall. Born 28 Queen's Row, Pimlico. Founder of the British Rainfall Organization. Twice president of the Royal Meteorological Society. Died at home, 62 Camden...
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