Robert Bentley (botanist)
Robert Bentley | |
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| Born | 25 March 1821 Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 24 December 1893 (aged 72) Kensington, England |
| Education | King's College London |
| Known for | Medicinal Plants (1880) |
| Awards | Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Fellow of the Linnean Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Medical School of the London Hospital, King's College London |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Bentley |
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Robert Bentley (25 March 1821 – 24 December 1893) was an English botanist. He is perhaps best remembered today for the four-volume Medicinal Plants, published in 1880 with Henry Trimen and containing over three hundred hand-colored plates by botanist David Blair.