Nordborg
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German
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botanist
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and
surgeon
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pteridophyte
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In 1826 he was assigned regimental surgeon in
Frederiksnagore
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,
Danish India
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, where in 1834 he was appointed manager of its botanical garden. From 1841 to 1843 he was manager of the botanical garden in
Calcutta
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. He died of illness in London on his voyage back to Denmark.
He was the author of ''Hortus suburbanus Calcuttensis'' (1845), a catalog of plants in
East India Company
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's botanical garden at Calcutta as well as plants in the botanical garden at Frederiksnagore.Hortus suburbanus Calcuttensis OCLC WorldCat