George Swayne
1745/6–1827
Botanist and clergyman. BA, Oxford (Wadham), 1766. Incumbent of Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, from 1772, and also of Dyrham from 1806.
Sources
Alum. Oxon.
R. Desmond 1994
Bibliography
Alum. Oxon.: Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1886: … with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the university. Alphabetically arranged, revised, and annotated by Joseph Foster. 8 vols. London and Oxford: Parker & Co. 1887–91.
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.
