Benjamin Smith Barton was an American botanist, naturalist, and physician. He was one of the first professors of natural history in the United States and built the largest collection of botanical specimens in the country. He wrote the first... Wikipedia
Born: February 10, 1766, Lancaster, PA
Died: December 19, 1815 (age 49 years), New York, NY
Award: Magellanic Premium (1804)
Children: Thomas Pennant Barton
Partner: Mary Penington Barton
Parents: Thomas Barton
Books
New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America
1797
Elements of Botany: Or, Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables
1803
A vocabulary of Stockbridge Mahican
The Philadelphia Medical And Physical Journal, Volume 3, Part 1
Origins of Apis Mellifica in America
1793
A Memoir Concerning the Disease of Goitre, as it Prevails in Different Parts of North-America
1800