Nathaniel Lord Britton | |
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| Born | January 15, 1859 |
| Died | June 25, 1934 (aged 75) |
| Education | Columbia University School of Mines |
| Known for | Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada, and the British Possessions, with Addison Brown; The Cactaceae‘‘, with Joseph Nelson Rose |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Gertrude Knight |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Columbia University, New York Botanical Garden |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Britton |
Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859 – 1934) was an American botanist and taxonomist who co-founded the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York.