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William Marriott Canby
Born(1831-03-17)March 17, 1831[1]
Philadelphia[2]
DiedMarch 10, 1904(1904-03-10) (aged 72)
North Augusta, South Carolina[3][4]
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
Fieldsbotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Canby

William Marriott Canby Sr. (1831–1904) was an American banker, business executive, philanthropist and botanist. He is famous as a leading expert on the flora of Delaware and the "eastern shore" region of Maryland[3][2] and as an epistolary correspondent with Charles Darwin concerning insectivorous plants.[5]

  1. ^ William Marriott Canby, Sr at Find a Grave
  2. ^ a b "Canby, William Marriott (1831–1904)". JSTOR, Global Plants.
  3. ^ a b Rose, J. N. (May 1904). "William M. Canby". Botanical Gazette. 37 (5): 385–388. doi:10.1086/328497.
  4. ^ "Canby, Transportation of Corpse, Georgia State Board of Embalming". familysearch.org. North Augusta, South Carolina is part of the metropolitan area of Augusta, Georgia. The evidence suggests that Canby died in North Augusta and his corpse was embalmed in Augusta and from there transported to Wilmington, Delaware.
  5. ^ "Photograph: William Marriott Canby". Wisconsin History Society. December 2003.

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