Nathaniel Wallich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nathaniel Wallich

surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India

Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1786

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 28-Apr-1854

Profession: surgeon, botanist, mycologist, pteridologist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Nathaniel Wolff Wallich FRS FRSE (28 January 1786 – 28 April 1854) was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India, initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later for the Danish East India Company and the British East India Company.
He was involved in the early development of the Calcutta Botanical Garden, describing many new plant species and developing a large herbarium collection which was distributed to collections in Europe.
Several of the plants that he collected were named after him.



Alternative names	Sir Daniel Macnée; Sir Daniel MacNee; Sir Macnee; Sir Daniel Macnee; Daniel, Sir MacNee; Macnee
Description	Scottish portrait painter
Date of birth/death	4 June 1806	17 January 1882
Location of birth/death	Fintry, Stirlingshire	Edinburgh
Authority control	: Q1161629 VIAF: 95715394 ISNI: 0000 0000 6791 7834 ULAN: 500005662 Oxford Dict.: 17710 RKD: 51821