Thomas Edmondston
1825–46
Botanist. Elected professor of botany and natural history, Andersonian Institution, Glasgow, 1845. Naturalist aboard HMS Herald, 1845–6. Accidentally shot in Peru, 1846.
Source
R. Desmond 1977, DNB.
Bibliography
Desmond, Ray. 1977. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists, including plant collectors and botanical artists. 3d ed. London: Taylor and Francis.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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