King's College London Department of Botany

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Academic department

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King's College London Department of Botany

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Dates of existence

-1973

History

Botany has been taught at King's from 1831 and was part of the Department of General Literature and Science, and also the Evening Class Department from 1861. Lessons in Botany and Practical Biology became available for Medical Department students during the 1880s. Botany and Vegetable/Plant Biology was principally part of the Natural Science Division of the Faculty of Science from 1893, though instruction also continued for students of the Medical Division. It was incorporated into the School of Biological Studies, formed in 1964, that also comprised the departments of Biochemistry, Biophysics, Physiology, and Zoology and Animal Biology. This prevailed until the merger in 1985, when Botany/Plant Sciences was absorbed within an enlarged Department of Biology, itself part of the Faculty of Life Sciences, and, from 1989, successively part of the Biosphere and Life Sciences Divisions of the School of Life, Basic Medical and Health Sciences. Since 1998 it has been part of the Division of Life Sciences in the School of Health and Life Sciences.

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King's College London Faculty of Natural Science (1921-1985)

Identifier of related entity

KCL-AF1249

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hierarchical

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King's College London Faculty of Natural Science

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King's College London Department of Botany

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Authority record identifier

KCL-AF1026

Institution identifier

0100 KCLCA

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