Richard Spruce

Richard Spruce was an English botanist specializing in bryology. One of the great Victorian botanical explorers, Spruce spent 15 years exploring the Amazon from the Andes to its mouth, and was one of the very first Europeans to observe many of the places where he collected specimens.

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Who was born first?

• Richard Spruce and Joseph Dalton Hooker were born the same year
• Richard Spruce and Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten were born the same year
• Richard Spruce was born 1 year before Johann Jakob von Tschudi
• Richard Spruce was born 1 year before Heinrich Zollinger
• Richard Spruce was born 2 years after Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie

Timeline

1. Arnaud-Michel d'AbbadieJuly 24, 1815 – November 13, 1893
2. Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann KarstenNovember 6, 1817 – July 10, 1908
3. Joseph Dalton HookerJune 30, 1817 – December 10, 1911
4. Richard Spruce (this page)September 10, 1817 – December 28, 1893
5. Heinrich ZollingerMarch 22, 1818 – May 19, 1859
6. Johann Jakob von TschudiJuly 25, 1818 – October 8, 1889

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