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Falconer, Hugh

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Botanist and palæontologist, born at Forres, Elginshire; studied at Aberdeen and Edinburgh; joined the East India Company's medical service; made large collections of fossils and plants; became professor of Botany in Calcutta; introduced the tea-plant into India, and discovered the asafoetida plant; died in London (1808-1865).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Falconer, Hugh'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​f/falconer-hugh.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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