- Persoon
- 1926-2017
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Cullen was the Director of the Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust.
He trained at the University of Liverpool before coming to Edinburgh where he worked at the University's Department of Botany, at which point he assisted Peter H. Davis with his Flora of Turkey. Cullen then became Assistant Keeper at RBGE and editor of the European Garden Flora.
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right click, open in new tab, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/28/sam-popham-obituary
James Robert Anderson, 1841-1930, the son of A.C. Anderson, left Fort Nisqually in 1850 to attend school in Victoria for two years. He returned in 1858 and remained until his death. He was an accountant and businessman, and from 1894 until 1908, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture. He had a keen interest in natural history. His father, Alexander C. Anderson, was an early B.C. land surveyor. (right click, open link in new tab) https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/anderson-james-robert-1841-1930
Chartres Cecil Pemberton, 1864-1943, was a barrister, law clerk to the legislature, aboriculturalist and realtor. (right click, open link in new tab) https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/pemberton-c-c