Henry Harold Welch Pearson

Henry Harold Welch Pearson (28 January 1870 – 3 November 1916) was a British-born South African botanist, chiefly remembered for founding Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in 1913.

Henry Harold Welch Pearson

FRS FLS
Born(1870-01-28)28 January 1870
Long Sutton, Lincolnshire
Died3 November 1916(1916-11-03) (aged 46)
Wynberg, Cape Town
Resting placeKirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
Scientific career
FieldsBotanist
InstitutionsSouth African College
Author abbrev. (botany)H.Pearson
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