Charles James Meller
b. c. 1835 d. 1869
Surgeon and botanist. Surgeon and naturalist on David Livingstone’s African expedition, 1860–3. Superintendent, Botanic Garden, Mauritius, 1865. Collected plants on the Zambesi, and in Madagascar and Mozambique.
Source
R. Desmond 1994.
Bibliography
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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