| Nathaniel Cantley | |
| Birth Date: | 19 April 1847 |
| Birth Place: | Halkirk, Caithness |
| Death Place: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Nationality: | British |
| Fields: | Botany |
| Author Abbrev Bot: | Cantley |
Nathaniel Cantley (1847–1888) was a British botanist and expert in tropical horticulture, agriculture, and forestry.[1] [2]
Nathaniel Cantley worked at Kew Gardens and was then from 1872 to 1880 the assistant director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Pamplemousses in Mauritius.[1] In 1880 he was appointed superintendent of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, as successor to Henry James Murton.[3]
In an official report, Cantley estimated that by 1883 about 93 percent of the Straits Settlements' original inland forest had been destroyed.[4]
He became sick with fever in Singapore and went on a voyage to Australia with his wife. He died from his illness in Hobart, Tasmania.[5] His successor as superintendent was Henry Nicholas Ridley.