Richard Anthony Markham (1761–1785)
Richard Anthony Salisbury (1785–1829)
1761–1829
Botanist. In 1785, changed his name from Markham to Salisbury, possibly as the condition of a gift of £10,000. Secretary of the Horticultural Society of London, 1805–16. FRS 1787.
Sources
R. Desmond 1994
ODNB
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.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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