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Sherriff, Betty

  • Pessoa
  • ?-1979

Betty Sherriff nee Graham was born at the turn of the century in British India in the Himalayan foothills. She was the youngest daughter of a Scottish vicar and missionary. Dr. Joh nAnderson Graham, who had founded the St. Andrew's Colonial Homes (now the Kalimpong Homes) on behalf of needy Indian children. She had previously been married and had a degree in Botany from Oxford.

Sources: Lost in Tibet: The Untold Story of Five American Airmen, a Doomed Plane, and the Will to Survive by Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt

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Harrow, Robert Lewis

  • HAR
  • Pessoa
  • 1867-1954

born Kent 1867, died Godalming 1954
began training at Heronden Hall and other gardens before going to Cambridge Botanic Garden. He then proceeded to Kew in 1891 where he became subforeman in charge of the Fern Department. In 1893 he moved to RBG Edinburgh to become foreman of the Glass Department, eventally becoming Assistant Head Gardener and then Curator. In 1931 he became Director of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at Wisley.

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