Henry Groves (botanist)

Henry Groves (15 October 1855 – 2 November 1912) was an English botanist who specialized in the algae belonging to the order Charales.

With three children, his mother needed support; and Henry went to work in the London office of a stockbroker who was a family friend.

[1] In the early 1870s, a chance meeting with the family of John Edward Sowerby led Groves to a deeper interest in English botany and the works of the late botanist.

In 1874 the brothers joined the South London Microscopical and Natural History Club where they met botanists including Thomas Bates Blow.

Henry was admitted Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1892 where his knowledge of financial matters helped the organization.