Thomas Nuttall

Thomas Nuttall
Born	(1786-01-05)5 January 1786 Long Preston, Yorkshire, England
Died	10 September 1859 (1859-09-11) (aged 73) St Helens, Lancashire, England
Nationality	English
Scientific career
Fields	botanist
Author abbrev. (botany)	Nutt.
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Thomas Nuttall (5 January 1786 – 10 September 1859) was an English botanist and zoologist who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841.^[1]

Nuttall was born in the village of Long Preston, near Settle in the West Riding of Yorkshire and spent some years as an apprentice printer in England. Soon after going to the United States he met professor Benjamin Smith Barton in Philadelphia. Barton encouraged his strong interest in natural history.