Daniel Rutherford was a Scottish physician, chemist and botanist who is known for the isolation of nitrogen in 1772.
- Occupation
- botanist, chemist, physicist, physician
- Position held
- Regius Professor of Plant Science
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- November 3, 1749
- Died
- November 15, 1819, December 15, 1819