Harry Johnston

British explorer, botanist, linguist and colonial administrator (1858-1927).

Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston (12 June 1858 – 31 July 1927) was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely across Africa to speak some of the languages spoken by people on that continent. He published 40 books on subjects related to the continent of Africa and was one of the key players in the Scramble for Africa that occurred at the end of the 19th century.

Abbreviations: H.H.Johnst.
Occupations: writer, visual artist, traveler, official, explorer, zoologist, ethnologist, diplomat, botanist, naturalist, botanical collector, photographer, Africanist
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Languages: English
Dates: 1858-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: London
Direct attributions: 1 plant, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 2 plants, 0 fungi

1 plant attributed, 1 plant contributed to2 plants:

Senecio johnstonii H.H.Johnst. 1886
plant species in the asteraceae family
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Dendrosenecio johnstonii (H.H.Johnst.) B.Nord. 1978
plant species in the asteraceae family
Dendrosenecio johnstonii, formerly Senecio johnstonii, is a species of giant groundsel found in the middle altitudes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. A recent botanical reclassification split off some species formerly in Senecio, putting the giant groundsels in the new genus Dendrosenecio. It also redefined the former species Senecio cottonii, as a subspecies of Dendrosenecio johnstonii. Both genera are in the family Asteraceae. The giant grounsels of the genus Dendrosenecio evolved, about a million years ago, from a Senecio that established itself on Mount Kilimanjaro, with those that
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