James (2) Backhouse

James (2) Backhouse
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Born	1825
Died	1890
Residence	Oldfield Road, York West Bank, York [1883]
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow left 1888.06 last listed elected_AI 1881.11.08

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1881.10.25 proposed

number after name to distinguish him from a fellow with the same name

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James Backhouse (1825–1890) was an English botanist, archaeologist, and geologist.
Backhouse was educated at Lawrence Street School, (which later became Bootham School[1]), York. He worked in Norway, Ireland, and Scotland, and was particularly known for his work on the flora of Teesdale. He was a correspondent of Charles Darwin.
He was also a member of the Religious Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers.[2]

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the flora of Teesdale.

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