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- 1929 - 1990 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
Small collection; 2 boxes documents
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
After graduating with a degree in Botany from the University of Edinburgh in 1951, Andrew John Charles Grierson (1929-1990) was appointed Scientific Officer at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. A taxonomist, he specialised in Compositae and the Floras of Turkey and Bhutan. (From Obituary by I.C. Hedge and D.G. Long in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany, v.51(2), iii-vii, 1994 http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=7472248)
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
2 boxes of correspondence, notes & papers relating to Burma Expedition, plant identifications and information relating to colleague's expeditions in Afghanistan, Nepal and Bhutan.
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Collection open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission required from RBGE
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Allied materials area
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Notes area
Note
Box 2 letters from J. Keenan to Grierson
Folder- Keenan, J & Grierson A.J.C. - RBGE Burma Expedition 1961 - 1962
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Name access points
- Keenan, James (Jimmy) (Subject)