Augustine Henry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Augustine Henry

Irish sinologist and botanist

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1857

Place of Birth: Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 23-Mar-1930

Profession: botanist, linguist

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Augustine Henry (2 July 1857 – 23 March 1930) was a British-born Irish plantsman and sinologist.
He is best known for sending over 15,000 dry specimens and seeds and 500 plant samples to Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom.
By 1930, he was a recognised authority and was honoured with society membership in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, and Poland.
In 1929 the Botanical Institute of Peking dedicated to him the second volume of Icones plantarum Sinicarum, a collection of plant drawings.
In 1935, John William Besant was to write: 'The wealth of beautiful trees and flowering shrubs which adorn gardens in all temperate parts of the world today is due in a great measure to the pioneer work of the late Professor Henry'.