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 d. same place, Feb., 1890. Brother of Benjamin Clarke. F.L.S., 1853. Helped Gibson with Fl. Essex. Discovered Lathyrus tuberosus and Erucastrum Pollichii. Fl. Essex viii.; R. S. C. i. 936; Journ. Bot. 1890, 192.

(fl. 1843-63). Surgeon, Sierra Leone. 'Congo Tobacco,' Journ. Bot. 1851, 9. 'Paspalum exile,' Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 155. Pritz. 63; R. S. C. i. 9.

(1798-1878): b. East Bergholt, Suffolk, 2 June, 1798; d. N. S. Wales, 17 June, 1878. M.A. Camb., 1824; F.R.S., 1876. Geologist. Discoverer of gold in Australia. In Australia, 1839-1878. Various papers on peat-bogs, submerged forests. Carboniferous plants. E. S. C. i. 937; vii. 396; ix. 528; Woolls, Bot. Discov. in Austr., 36; Proc. Eoy. Soc. xxviii. 1879, i; Dict. Nat. Biog. x. 450.

(1686 or 1693?-1773): b. Fulham, 1686 or 1693?; d. 15 Dec, 1773. Went to Virginia in 1705. ' Flora Virginica,' 1739-45. Phil. Trans, xvii., xviii., xli. Sent pl. to Gronovius. Virginian pl. in Mus. Brit. Pritz. 63; 'Memorials of Bartram,' p. 406; Appleton's Cyclopsed. Americ. Biog.; Allibone; Rose; Dict. Nat. Biog. xi. 13. Claytonia Gronov.

(d. 1572): b. Yorkshire?; d. Mechlin, 1 July, 1572; bur. Cathedral, Mechlin. M.D. Oxon; Prof, of Greek; F.E.C.P., 1528; President, 1544. Tutor to Sir Thomas More's children. "The best botanist and herbalist of us all," Sir T. Moore. Jacks, xxx.; Munk, i. 27; Wood, Athen. Oxon. i. 401; Gardiner, Admission registers St. Paul's School, 19; Gard. Chron. 1872, 706; Pl. Midd. (interl.), 392; Dict. Nat. Biog. xi. 33.

(1762-1825): b. 4 Dec, 1762; d. Ghent, 25 Feb., 1825. 'Flora Tixalliana,' 1817. Pritz. 64; Jacks. 260.

—(ti. 1829). Prof. Med. Bot. to Apothecaries' Hall. Transl. and annotated Richard's 'Elements of Botany.' Pref. to Irish Flora, viii.

(d. 1883): d. Ashton, Lane, 8 Feb., 1883. Working-man botanist. Journ. Bot. 1883, 192.

(1800-84): b. Stromness, Orkney, 1800; d. Stromness, 1884. LL.D. St. Andrews. 'Guide to Orkneys' (contains botany). Scott. Nat. 1885, 49; R. S. C, i. 960.

(1828-86): b. Ipswich, 1828; d. London, 20 Mar., 1886. M.D. Edin., 1847; F.L.S., 1857; F.R.S., 1864. Hehninthologist. Prof. Bot. Roy. Vet. Coll., 1873. 'Embryogeny of Orchis mascula,' Quart. Journ. Micros. Sci., 1853. 'Embryology of Achimenes,' Journ. Quekett Micros. Club, 1879. Proc. Linn. Soc. 1885-6, 140; R. S. C. ii. 2; vii. 409; Dict. Nat. Biog. xi. 147.

(d. circ. 1780): d. in Ireland, circ. 1780. Baronet. Introduced Gardenia Thunbergia in 1773, Hortus Kewensis; Gent. Mag. 1780, 153.