FRSE
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FLS MRCS (18 January 1827 – 18 January 1893) was a leading British
botanist
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lichen
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Life
He was born on 18 January 1827 in
Lincoln, England
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. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and graduated with the MD thesis ''"Entophytes found on man"'' in 1851. He worked as a General Practitioner variously in
Radcliffe
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Places
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United Kingdom
* Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
** Radcliffe Tower, the remains of a medieval manor house in the town
** Radcliffe tram stop
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(near Manchester), Lincoln, Yeadon, Southport and Eccles, but he is remembered for his contributions to botany as an amateur collector and author.
In 1861 he was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society and he was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh
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in 1874, his proposers including Joseph Lister.
He died on his 66th birthday in
Brighton
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Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
on 18 January 1893. He is buried in Carlton Hill Cemetery in Brighton.