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Authorised form of nameGarden; Alexander (1730 - 1791); botanist
Dates1730 - 1791
NationalityBritish
Place of birthCharleston, South Carolina, America
Date of birthJanuary 1730
Place of deathCecil Street, The Strand, London
Date of death15 April 1791
Research fieldBotany
ActivityEducation:
MD (Aberdeen)
Career:
Professor, King's College, New York; practised medicine in Charleston
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election10/06/1773
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DAB
References:
Frank R Freemon, 'American Colonial Scientists Who Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society' in NR 1984-85 vol 39 pp 191-206
CodeNA2641
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1773/23Garden, Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/53/103Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to E. Alfred Jones Esq., 6 Fig Tree Court, Temple, E.C.13 April 1916
L&P/3/398Letter, 'Of the late comet' from Alexander Garden to Henry Baker10 May 1759
L&P/3/320Letter, 'Of the productions of South Carolina' from Alexander Garden to Henry Baker5 April 1758
L&P/6/88Letter, 'Account of Gymnotus electrius' from Alexander Garden to John Ellis14 August 1774
L&P/3/257Letter, 'Of the effects of prickly pear and of indigo in colouring the juices of living animals' from Alexander Garden to Henry Baker23 June 1757
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