Nathaniel Wallich
1786–1854
Danish-born botanist and surgeon. Surgeon at Serampore, India, 1807–13. Superintendent of the Calcutta botanic garden, 1817–46. Made collections of plants in India and Burma. FRS 1829.
Sources
R. Desmond 1994
DNB
Bibliography
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.
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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