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Darwin Correspondence Project

George Gordon

1806–79

Horticulturist employed in the gardens of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick. Superintendent of the hardy and hothouse departments.

Source

R. Desmond 1977, DNB.

Bibliography

Desmond, Ray. 1977. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists, including plant collectors and botanical artists. 3d ed. London: Taylor and Francis.

DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.

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