Benjamin Bynoe (1803–1865) was surgeon on the voyages of HMS Beagle who made collections of plants and animals at the western and northern coasts of Australia.
Bynoe sailed with Charles Darwin on the second voyage of the Beagle, nursing the young scientist back to health while ill in Chile.
The surgeon accompanied Darwin during expeditions, and what would be the critical research at the Galápagos Islands, making field notes that were later consulted in Darwin's research for On the Origin of Species.
[1] The collections of specimens made on these voyages were often unknown in Europe, becoming the basis of new scientific descriptions.
[1] A more extensive biographical article was composed in 1949 using as its source a register that had avoided routine destruction of 'valueless' public records.