Botanist (1847-1888).
Nathaniel Cantley (1847–1888) was a British botanist and expert in tropical horticulture, agriculture, and forestry. Nathaniel Cantley worked at Kew Gardens and was then from 1872 to 1880 the assistant director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Pamplemousses in Mauritius. In 1880 he was appointed superintendent of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, as successor to Henry James Murton. Cantley continued to improve on the Gardens, and was responsible for building new facilities such as the office (now Ridley Hall), the Plant House, an arboretum in the Economic Garden and plant nurseries. ... An avid bot