Arquivo GB 0113 MS-ROXBW - ROXBURGH, William (1751-1815)

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GB 0113 MS-ROXBW [1793] fonds 1 item Roxburgh , William , 1751-1815 , botanist

Born, 1751; educated University of Edinburgh; surgeon's mate on one of the East India Company's ships, 1766; assistant surgeon on the Company's Madras establishment; General Hospital at Madras; practised botany in his spare time; full surgeon, 1780; stationed at Samulcotta, 1781; naturalist in the Madras Presidency, 1790; Superintendent, Royal Botanic Garden in Calcutta, 1793-1813; returned to England, 1813; died, 1815.

Provenance of the collection is unknown.

A botanical description... of a new species of Swietenia or Mahogany by William Roxburgh, [1793].

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Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

Imported from the RCP's Adlib catalogue; edited by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Aug 2008 Roxburgh , William , 1751-1815 , botanist Botany

Provenance of the collection is unknown.

A botanical description... of a new species of Swietenia or Mahogany by William Roxburgh, [1793].

Single item

Records are open for consultation.

All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

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English

Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• inglês