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Charles Baron Clarke

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Charles Baron Clarke (June 17, 1832 – August 25, 1906) was a British botanist.

Born at Andover, Clarke was educated at King's College School, London, and at Trinity and Queens' Colleges, Cambridge.

He lectured in mathematics at Presidency College, Calcutta,from 1857 to 1865.

Clarke was Inspector of Schools in Eastern Bengal and later of India, and superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Gardens from 1869 to 1871. He retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1887.

He was president of the Linnean Society from 1894 to 1896, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1882.

He worked at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew until his death in 1906.

Bibliography

Clarke wrote several books, including:
The Cyperaceae of Costa Rica
On the Indian species of Cyperus: with remarks on some others that specially illustrate the sub-divisions of the genus
Illustrations of Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae of the Philippines: a list of the species in the Kew Herbarium
Philippine Acanthaceae
The Subsubareas of British India
Speculations From Political Economy
A list of the flowering plants, ferns, and mosses collected in the immediate neighbourhood of Andover

The standard author abbreviation C.B.Clarke is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

References

  1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  C.B.Clarke.


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