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1795 - Born on the 11th of February at Stratton near Cirencester in Gloucestershire, the son of the Rev.James Daubeny.
He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford under Dr John Kidd.
1819 - In the course of a tour through France, he made the volcanic district of Auvergne a special study.
1822 - He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society.
1822-1855 - In November, Daubeny succeeded Kidd as professor of chemistry at Oxford.
1834 - He was appointed to the chair of botany.
1830 - Published in the Philosophical Transactions a paper on the iodine and bromine of mineral waters.
1831 - Represented the universities of England at the first meeting of the British Association.
1836 - He communicated to the Association a report on the subject of mineral and thermal waters.
1837 - He visited the United States, and acquired there the materials for papers on the thermal springs and the geology of North America.
1856 - Became president of the latter body at its meeting at Cheltenham.
1867 - Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny died on 12th of December.
The herbarium at Oxford is named after him.
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