English botanist and archaeologist (1808-1895).
Charles Cardale Babington (23 November 1808 – 22 July 1895) was an English botanist, entomologist, and archaeologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. A contemporary of Charles Darwin, he was a student of John Stevens Henslow, active in botanical circles and succeeded Henslow as professor of botany at Cambridge. Apart from the Manual of British Botany which went into several editions, he published floras of Bath and Cambridgeshire; and a monograph on the genus Rubus. In his taxonomic approach, he was considered a splitter.
Abbreviations: Bab.
Occupations: university teacher, scientific collector, mycologist, journalist, entomologist, editor, carcinologist, botanist, archaeologist, botanical collector, anthropologist
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Languages: English
Dates: 1808-11-23T00:00:00Z – 1895-07-22T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Ludlow
Direct attributions: 25 plants, 1 fungus
Authorship mentions: 41 plants, 3 fungi