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Fraser, Patrick Neill

  • Q21513491; VIAF ID: 282222228
  • Persona
  • 1830-1905

Born Edinburgh 1830; died Edinburgh 1905
The son of William Fraser who was a partner in the Neill & Co. printing firm in Edinburgh, Patrick Neill Fraser took over the firm on the death of its owner, the naturalist Patrick Neill, in 1851. He established a renowned garden at his home, Rockville, in Murrayfield, Edinburgh specialising in alpine plants and both tender and hardy ferns, as well as polyanthus. He was treasurer of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society for 28 years and was also a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
Sources : R. Desmond ‘Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists; obituary folder
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Hooker, Sir William Jackson

  • Q472639; GB/NNAF/P150219
  • Persona
  • 1785-1865

Professor of Botany at Glasgow University and Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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