Edward Parfitt
Naturalist and gardener . His interest in botany and entomology intensified during an enforced stay in the Cape Colony following a shipwreck. Became gardener to John Milford, Exeter, in 1848. Curator to the Archaeological and Natural History Society of Somerset, 1859–61. Librarian to the Devon and Exeter Institute, 1861–93.
Sources: Desmond, Ray 1977 DNB
(See the bibliography for full references to sources)
See also Correspondence, volume(s): 8