Frederick Yorke Brocas
1827–91
French-born botanist. Baptised in Willesden, Middlesex, 1829. Assistant librarian of the Linnean Society, 1853–8. Supplier of botanical specimens at 85 St Martin’s Lane, London.
Sources
BMD (Death index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/167/7/8)
R. Desmond 1977
London, England, Church of England births and baptisms, 1813–1906 Ancestry.com, accessed 26 July 2017)
Bibliography
Desmond, Ray. 1977. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists, including plant collectors and botanical artists. 3d ed. London: Taylor and Francis.
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