Allan Cunningham
1791–1839
Botanist and explorer. Collected plants for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in Brazil, 1814–16; New South Wales, 1816–26 and 1827–30; New Zealand, 1826. Superintendent of the botanic garden, Sydney, 1836–8.
Sources
Aust. dict. biog.
R. Desmond 1994.
Bibliography
Aust. dict. biog.: Australian dictionary of biography. Edited by Douglas Pike et al. 14 vols. [Melbourne]: Melbourne University Press. London and New York: Cambridge University Press. 1966–96.
Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.
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