Samuel Botsford Buckley
1809–83
American botanist and field naturalist. Collected plants extensively in the southern states. Worked on his homestead farm, 1843–55. Assistant geologist and naturalist, Texas Geological Survey, 1860–1. Chief examiner, statistical department, United States Sanitary Commission, 1862–5. State geologist, Texas, 1865–7 and 1874–7.
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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