Author:John Hutton Balfour

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John Hutton Balfour
(1808–1884)

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Scottish botanist; one of the editors of the 'Annals of Natural History' and of the 'Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal,' father of Isaac Bayley Balfour.

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "J.H.B."

Works

Biographical Sketch of Dr. Golding Bird (1855)
Biography of J. Coldstream Lond. (1865)
Sketch of D.T.K. Drummond prefixed to 'Last Scenes in the Life of Our Lord' (1878)

Botanical works

text-books went through numerous editions

Manual (1848), revised (1860)
Class Book' (1852)
Outlines (1854)
Elements (1869)
Botanist's Companion (1860)
Botanist's Vade Mecum
Guide to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh (1873)
Obituary Notice of Charles Robert Darwin, published in Transactions & Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh

Contributions to EB9

"Botany," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 4) (1878)

Works about Balfour

"Balfour, John Hutton," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
Balfour, Isaac Bayley (1913), "A sketch of the Professors of Botany in Edinburgh from 1670 until 1887" in Oliver, Francis Wall (ed.), Makers of British botany: 280–301.
Despite the title, this is primarily about John Hutton Balfour.
"Balfour, John Hutton," in Men of the Time (eleventh edition), by Thompson Cooper, London: George Routledge and Sons (1884)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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