| LC control no. | no2008117074 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Don, George, 1764-1814 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Scotland |
| Located | Forfar (Scotland) Edinburgh (Scotland) |
| Birth date | 1764 |
| Death date | 18140115 |
| Place of birth | Menmuir (Scotland : Parish) |
| Field of activity | Horticulture Botany |
| Affiliation | Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh |
| Profession or occupation | Gardeners Botanists |
| Special note | Do not confuse with his son George Don, 1798-1856 [nb2014019083], also a botanist |
| Found in | George Don : the Forfar botanist, 2007 : t.p. (George Don) p. 3 (George Don, born in parish of Menmuir in Angus in 1764; the actual date is not known but he was baptised 11 October 1764) p. 28 (he died 15 January 1814) back cover (he established a botanic garden in Forfar; he was superintendent from 1802 to 1806 of the Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens; in 1813 he published an account of the native plants of the County of Forfar) Oxford DNB online, 19 Aug. 2014: in entry for his son George Don, 1798-1856 (George Don (1764-1814), nurseryman, who discovered many highland plants new to Scotland, and principal gardener (1802-6) at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh) |
| Associated language | eng |
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