Robert Harold Compton

Robert Harold Compton
Born(1886-08-06)August 6, 1886
Tewkesbury, England
DiedJuly 11, 1979(1979-07-11) (aged 92)
South Africa
Scientific career
FieldsBotany

Robert Harold Compton (6 August 1886 in Tewkesbury – 11 July 1979 in Cape Town) was a South African botanist. The Compton Herbarium at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, which he founded in Cape Town in 1939, was named in his honour.

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