#1Science & Medicine
John Buchanan
1819–1898New Zealand botanist, botanical collector and scientific artist
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Famous people · Scotland
One famous person was born in Scotland
John Buchanan came into the world in 1819. Their birth falls in the early republic. Readers can find them written up in 7 languages. Across the town line, Windham lists 16, Samuel Huntington first.
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Photo credits (5)
- John Buchanan: Henry Morland Gore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Huntington: Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland: Frederick Calvin Norton, author. The Connecticut Magazine (Hartford, CT), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore Dwight Weld: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Uriah Tracy: Ralph Earl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons