Robert Oliver Cunningham
1841–1918
Naturalist. MD, Edinburgh. Collected plants in South America. Naturalist to HMS Nassau on an expedition to the Strait of Magellan and the west coast of Patagonia, 1866–9. Professor of natural history, Belfast, 1871–1902.
Source
Cunningham 1871, R. Desmond 1994, Newmann comp. 1993.
Bibliography
Cunningham, Robert Oliver. 1871. Notes on the natural history of the Strait of Magellan and west coast of Patagonia, made during the voyage of H.M.S. ‘Nassau’ in the years 1866, 67, 68, & 69. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas.
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.
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