Allan Adamson Black
1832–65
Scottish-born botanist. First curator of the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1853–64. Superintendent, Botanic Garden, Bangalore, India, 1864.
Sources
R. Desmond 1994
Scotland old parish registers births 349/ 20 78 Dunkeld (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 3 October 2018)
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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