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 Unsung heroes who have changed our world.
The Plant Hunters were not just botanists, they were adventurers and explorers. They had to be tough to survive the conditions they faced in far-flung corners of the world. They survived shipwrecks, sieges and slavery and battled with pirates, escaped convicts and hostile natives.
They were real heroes of their time.
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Date of Birth - 1898
Sherriff was educated at Sedbergh and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He went out to India at the end of World War I as a gunner. While serving on the N.W. Frontier at Nowshera he was invited to fill the vacant post of Vice Consul at Kashgar. Whilst there he met Frank Ludlow - both were experienced travellers, keen ornithologists and fascinated by Tibet. It was to be a life long working relationship.
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Read more... [George Sherriff]
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Date of Birth - 1786
Drummond started work as an employee of George Dickson the Edinburgh nurseryman, this was followed by a period as Curator of the Botanic Garden at the Cork Institution in Ireland. It was during this time that he made the first discovery in the British isles of the North American orchid Sipranthes romanzoffiana.
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Read more... [James Drummond]
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