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Charles Clarke
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Born in Andover, Hampshire
Born on 17th of June 1832
Died on 25th of August 1906

Born 1832. Died 1906 - English botanist.


Educated at Trinity College and Queen’s College, Cambridge. Appointed to Bengal Educational Department in 1865. Explorations included East Bengal, Punjab Himalayas, Kashmir,Karakoram, Sikkim and Assam. Worked on collections which numbered 25,000 at Kew.

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