Biographical Records

Turner, Dawson

Subject ID: 29802

Last Name: Turner
First Name: Dawson
Birth Date: 18 Oct 1775
Birth Place: Yarmouth, England
Death Date: 20 Jun 1858
Death Place: Old Brompton, London, England
Gender: male
HI Archives Collection #: 278, #54, GAC, GAC O, LB R524e
Other Holdings: McGill Univ., E. S. Woodward Autograph Coll. - 3 letters.
Notes: Portrait in HI portrait collection. #278 -photocopy of letter, handwriting samples. #54 -letter to F.C. Mertens, 1800. GAC -letters to Turner from J.E. Smith, 1800, 1813, 1820 and mention in letter from J. Banks to W.J. Hooker. GAC O -letter to Turner, 1830 and 1 mention, 1814. HI book (call #LB R524e) has handwritten remarks. Letter from Turner to fellow botanist, 28 Aug. 1840, ALS #1971, from John Wilson (Autographs) Ltd., Recent addition to general stock, Oxford, England, 1988.

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Collection #54

Alternate Names

  • Turner, D.
  • Turner, Dawson

Specialties

Bank Administration, Bryology, Cryptogamic Botany, Plant Collection