Stephen Elliott (botanist)
Stephen Elliott | |
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| Born | November 11, 1777 |
| Died | March 28, 1830 (aged 52) Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
Stephen Elliott (November 11, 1771 – March 28, 1830) was an American legislator, banker, educator, and botanist who is today remembered for having written one of the most important works in American botany, A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia. The plant genus Elliottia is named after him.