Joseph Burke
1812–73
Collector of live animals for the Earl of Derby. In South Africa, 1840–2, where he joined Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher collecting plants in Transvaal. Travelled in North America, 1844–6.
Sources
R. Desmond 1977
DSAB
Bibliography
Desmond, Ray. 1977. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists, including plant collectors and botanical artists. 3d ed. London: Taylor and Francis.
DSAB: Dictionary of South African biography. Edited by W. J. de Kock et al. 4 vols. Pretoria and Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel Beperk [and others]. 1968–81.
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