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Abercrombie, John, 1726-1806

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Personal name headingAbercrombie, John, 1726-1806
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Associated countryGreat Britain Scotland
Birth date1726
Death date1806-[04-15,05-02]
Place of birthPrestonpans (Scotland)
Place of deathLondon (England)
Profession or occupationGardening Horticulture
Gardeners
Horticulturists
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Found inHis Every man his own gardener, 1767: t.p. (name not given)
DNB (Abercrombie, John, 1726-1806)
Mawe, Thomas. Every man his own gardener..., 1813: t.p. (John Abercrombie, sixty years a practical gardener, and author of The universal gardener and botanist)
Oxford DNB online, viewed 13 February 2020 (Abercrombie, John (1726-1806), horticulturist and writer, was born in Prestonpans, near Edinburgh; went to London about 1751, and was employed first in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and next at Leicester House; About 1770 Abercrombie established a market garden near Hackney...later set up a nursery and market garden at Tottenham; died on 15 April or on 2 May 1806 in London)
Associated languageeng