abstract:Stephen Elliott (November 11, 1771 in Beaufort, South Carolina – March 28, 1830 in Charleston, South Carolina) was an American legislator, banker, educator, and botanist who is today remembered for having written one of the most important works in American botany, A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia."Stephen Elliott (1771-1830) Papers" In: Archives of the Gray Herbarium.