Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward

Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward
Born1791 (1791)
Died4 June 1868(1868-06-04) (aged 76–77)
St Leonard's, Sussex
OccupationDoctor
Known for"Inventing" and popularizing glass plant-cases (he and others independently developed them)

Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward (1791 – 4 June 1868 in St Leonard's, Sussex) was an English doctor who popularised a case for growing and transporting plants which was called the Wardian case.

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