What is Nathaniel Wallich?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Nathaniel Wallich | image = NathanielWallich.jpg | image_size = | alt = Portrait of Nathaniel Wallich | caption = From an old [[Lithography|lithograph]] by T. H. Maguire | birth_date = {{birth date|1786|1|28|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1854|4|28|1786|1|28|df=yes}} | death_place = [[London]], [[Great Britain]] | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = {{Unbulleted list | [[Medicine]] | [[Botany]]}} | workplaces = {{Unbulleted list | [[Royal Academy of Surgeons]] | [[East India Company]] | [[Oriental Museum of the Asiatic Society]]}} | alma_mater = [[Royal Academy of Surgeons]] | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = {{Unbulleted list | Tentamen Florae Nepalensis Illustratae | Plantae Asiaticae Rariores}} | author_abbrev_bot = Wall. | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | footnotes = | spouse = }} '''Nathaniel Wallich''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (28 January 1786 – 28 April 1854) was a [[medical doctor]] and [[botanist]] from [[Denmark]]. He worked in [[India]]; firstly in the Danish settlement near [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] and later for the [[East India Company]]. He was involved in the early development of the Calcutta [[Botanical garden|Botanical Garden]], describing many new plant species and developing a large collection with copies that he gave to collections in Europe. Several of the plants that he collected were named after him. == Biography ==