John Howard Redfield

John Howard Redfield (July 10, 1815 – February 27, 1895) was an American botanist, conchologist, and businessman.

He was a founder of the Botany section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and his chief botanical works include "Geographical Distribution of the Ferns of North America" and Flora of Mount Desert Island, Maine.

[5] He worked as an agent of the Swiftsure line of propellers and barges in New York and later with his father-in-law in Philadelphia, retiring from active business in 1885.

He removed to Philadelphia in 1861 and in 1870 was made a member of the Academy's council and conservator of its Botanical Section, where he oversaw the herbaria.

[2] He produced over 50 scientific works,[2] as well as a genealogy of the Redfield family and an autobiography, posthumously published in 1900.