Joseph Whittaker

Joseph Whittaker
Born1813
Died2 March 1894
NationalityBritish
Educationnurseryman
Occupation(s)schoolmaster, nurseryman
Known forFlora of Australia, Flora of Derbyshire
SpouseMary

Joseph Whittaker (1813 – 2 March 1894) was a British botanist who visited South Australia in 1839. Whittaker has 300 plants from that trip in Kew Gardens and a large collection of pressed British plants in Derby Museum and Art Gallery.