- EDG
- Persoon
- 1812-1881
Irish botanist who spent much of his career in India. Specialised in seed plants and ferns.
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Irish botanist who spent much of his career in India. Specialised in seed plants and ferns.
Stirling-Maxwell, Sir John Maxwell
Scottish Tory politician and philanthropist. Chairman of the Forestry Commission between 1929 amd 1932. Founder member of the National Trust for Scotland in 1931, becoming Vice-President and later, President.
Cryptogamic Society of Scotland
Founded in 1875, the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland was incorporated into the Botanical Society of Edinburgh in 1935.