Dawson Turner

Portrait of Turner, c. 1816
For the nineteenth century rugby international (and grandson of the below), see Dawson Turner (rugby union).
For the pioneer of radiology, see Dawson Turner (radiologist).

Dawson Turner FRS FSA (18 October 1775 – 21 June 1858)[1] was an English banker, botanist and antiquary. He specialized in the botany of cryptogams and was the father-in-law of the botanist William Jackson Hooker and of the historian Francis Palgrave.

  1. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Turner, Dawson" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co.