George Bentham

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George Bentham, oil painting by Lewis Dickensen, 1870; in the collection of the Linnean Society of London

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George Bentham: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 17, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Sep 18, 2023
	Anniversary information added.		Sep 06, 2023
	Invalidated site: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Biography of George Bentham.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Dec 20, 2017
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 27, 1999