2 Quotes & Sayings By Richard Hengest Horne

Born in the city of London in 1795, Richard Hengest Horne was a prominent British botanist and the first known expert on the flora and fauna of Bermuda. He developed a close friendship with Charles Darwin and Alexander Morton, who was appointed to the Royal Society in 1839. He also assisted Morton in his studies of Bermuda's flora and fauna. Horne published several papers on Bermuda's plants and was the first person to study the remains of Bermuda's giant tortoises, which were found in 1926 Read more