George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
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George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
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George Henry Kendrick Thwaites was an English botanist and entomologist. Thwaites was initially an accountant and studied botany during his spare time. He was interested particularly in the lower plants such as the algae and the cryptogams. He became a recognised botanist when he showed that the diatoms are not animals, but algae.
In 1846 he was lecturer on botany at the Bristol school of pharmacy and afterwards at the medical school. In March 1849, on the death of George Gardner, Thwaites was a
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English botanist and entomologist (1812–1882)
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