William John Burchell

Portrait of Burchell by John Russell (1800).
Portrait of Burchell by Thomas Herbert Maguire (1854).
Wagon commissioned by Burchell for his expedition.

William John Burchell (23 July 1781 – 23 March 1863) was an English explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author. His thousands of plant specimens, as well as field journals from his South African expedition, are held by Kew Gardens, and his insect collection by the Oxford University Museum.


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