John Hutton Balfour, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Hutton Balfour

Scottish botanist

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1808

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Feb-1884

Profession: surgeon, university teacher, botanist, bryologist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

John Hutton Balfour (15 September 1808 – 11 February 1884) was a British botanist.
Balfour became a Professor of Botany, first at the University of Glasgow in 1841, moving to the University of Edinburgh and also becoming the 7th Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Her Majesty's Botanist in 1845.
He held these posts until his retirement in 1879.
He was nicknamed Woody Fibre.