Benjamin Smith Barton
1766–1815
American physician and naturalist. Appointed professor of natural history and botany at the College of Pennsylvania in 1790; professor of theory and practice of medicine, 1813–15.
Source
DAB.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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