Duncan Napier
Duncan Scott Napier | |
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Duncan Napier at age 60 | |
| Born | 3 February 1831 |
| Died | 9 March 1921 (aged 90) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Botany |
| Sub-discipline | herbalism |
Duncan Scott Napier (3 February 1831 – 9 March 1921) was a Scottish botanist, herbalist and businessman. Despite having a deprived childhood and being functionally illiterate until his early teens, he became an expert in herbal remedies and did much to establish herbalism as a recognised branch of medicine. The herbalist business that he founded stayed in his family for three generations and still exists today.