Home›Life Sciences›Botany›All BotanyBrowse ByAll BotanyFactsAll BotanySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonField EstablishedWell-attested300 BCE 1All BotanyFilter Results14 entriesDisciplineAllBotany (1)Virology (1)Field (legacy)AllBiology and cytology (cytogenetics) (1)Botany / Natural History (1)Botany / Virology (1)Botany and palaeobotany (1)Botany, mycology (1)Palaeobotany (1)Paleobotany (1)EraAll1801 (1)1816 (1)1855 (1)1863 (1)1864 (1)1880 (1)In GroupAllBotany (14)NationalityAllFrance (1)Japan (1)United Kingdom (2)BrowseCompareSelect all 14Adolphe-Theodore BrongniartLife SciencesAlbert SewardLife SciencesAnjali RoyLife SciencesCharles Alexander JohnsLife SciencesDmitri IvanovskyLife SciencesG. F. LaundonLife SciencesHarold Basil ChristianLife SciencesKono YasuiLife SciencesKonstantin MereschkowskiLife SciencesMildred K. NoblesLife SciencesPier Antonio MicheliLife SciencesTheophrastusLife SciencesWilliam Crawford WilliamsonLife SciencesWilliam Jackson HookerLife SciencesSources1. Botany (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaBotany, History section, Theophrastus paragraphQuote, Botany, History section, Theophrastus paragraphModern botany traces its roots back to Ancient Greece specifically to Theophrastus (c. 371-287 BCE), a student of Aristotle who invented and described many of its principles and is widely regarded in the scientific community as the "Father of Botany".View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.