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Macrae, James (-1830)
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
James
Last name
Macrae
Initials
J.
Life Dates
- 1830
Collecting Dates
1823 - 1830
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae
Bryophytes
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
CGE (main), BM, E, G-DEL, GH, GOET, K, NY, OXF, P, US, W
Countries
North American region: Canada, United StatesTemperate South America: ChileTropical South America: EcuadorSouthern Africa: KiribatiCaribbean region: Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesIndian region: Sri LankaBrazilian region: Brazil
Associate(s)
Bloxam, Andrew (1801-1878) (co-collector)
Byron, G.A. (1789-1868) (captain)
Byron, G.A. (1789-1868) (captain)
Biography
Scottish gardener and botanist who was employed by the Botanic Garden at St. Vincent (c. 1823). He joined the voyage of HMS Blonde (1824-1825) as a collector for the Horticultural Society of London, accompanying the ship's own naturalist A. Bloxam, and visited Hawaii, Malden Island (Kiribati), the Galapagos lslands, Chile and Brazil. The British warship was commanded by Captain George Anson Byron, cousin to the recently deceased poet Lord (George) Byron, and had an unusual mission, to return the remains of the king and queen of Hawaii who had died of measles during a visit to Britain. On his return, Macrae was appointed Superintendent (1827-1830) of the Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, where he specialised in collecting orchids, and held the post until his death a few years later. Material deposited with the Horticultural Society of London was purchased by BM (1856).
References
Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.M., Index Coll. Edindb. Herb. (1970): 107; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 44;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
James
Last name
Macrae
Initials
J.
Life Dates
- 1830
Collecting Dates
1823 - 1830
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae
Bryophytes
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
CGE (main), BM, E, G-DEL, GH, GOET, K, NY, OXF, P, US, W
Countries
North American region: Canada, United StatesTemperate South America: ChileTropical South America: EcuadorSouthern Africa: KiribatiCaribbean region: Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesIndian region: Sri LankaBrazilian region: Brazil
Associate(s)
Bloxam, Andrew (1801-1878) (co-collector)
Byron, G.A. (1789-1868) (captain)
Byron, G.A. (1789-1868) (captain)
Biography
Scottish gardener and botanist who was employed by the Botanic Garden at St. Vincent (c. 1823). He joined the voyage of HMS Blonde (1824-1825) as a collector for the Horticultural Society of London, accompanying the ship's own naturalist A. Bloxam, and visited Hawaii, Malden Island (Kiribati), the Galapagos lslands, Chile and Brazil. The British warship was commanded by Captain George Anson Byron, cousin to the recently deceased poet Lord (George) Byron, and had an unusual mission, to return the remains of the king and queen of Hawaii who had died of measles during a visit to Britain. On his return, Macrae was appointed Superintendent (1827-1830) of the Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, where he specialised in collecting orchids, and held the post until his death a few years later. Material deposited with the Horticultural Society of London was purchased by BM (1856).
References
Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.M., Index Coll. Edindb. Herb. (1970): 107; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 44;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
James
Last name
Macrae
Initials
J.
Life Dates
- 1830
Collecting Dates
1823 - 1830
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae
Bryophytes
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
CGE (main), BM, E, G-DEL, GH, GOET, K, NY, OXF, P, US, W
Countries
North American region: Canada, United StatesTemperate South America: ChileTropical South America: EcuadorSouthern Africa: KiribatiCaribbean region: Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesIndian region: Sri LankaBrazilian region: Brazil
Associate(s)
Bloxam, Andrew (1801-1878) (co-collector)
Byron, G.A. (1789-1868) (captain)
Byron, G.A. (1789-1868) (captain)
Biography
Scottish gardener and botanist who was employed by the Botanic Garden at St. Vincent (c. 1823). He joined the voyage of HMS Blonde (1824-1825) as a collector for the Horticultural Society of London, accompanying the ship's own naturalist A. Bloxam, and visited Hawaii, Malden Island (Kiribati), the Galapagos lslands, Chile and Brazil. The British warship was commanded by Captain George Anson Byron, cousin to the recently deceased poet Lord (George) Byron, and had an unusual mission, to return the remains of the king and queen of Hawaii who had died of measles during a visit to Britain. On his return, Macrae was appointed Superintendent (1827-1830) of the Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, where he specialised in collecting orchids, and held the post until his death a few years later. Material deposited with the Horticultural Society of London was purchased by BM (1856).
References
Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.M., Index Coll. Edindb. Herb. (1970): 107; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 44;
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