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Authorised form of nameThwaites; George Henry Kendrick (1811 - 1882)
Dates1811 - 1882
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBristol, Gloucestershire, England
Date of birth1811
Place of deathKandy, Ceylon
Date of death11 September 1882
OccupationAccountant
Research fieldBotany
ActivityCareer:
Was an Accountant, then took up entomology and microscopy; Lecturer in botany, Bristol (1846); Director, Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradenia, Ceylon (1849); published 'Enumeration Plantarum Zeylaniae' (1859-1864); established the Cinehona nurseries, Hakgala, Ceylon; the genera Thwaitesia and Kendrickia were named after him
Honours:
CMG 1878
Memberships:
FLS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/06/1865
RelationshipsUnmarried
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
TR gives date of birth as 09 July 1812
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/3246930
CodeNA5448
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1865/14Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/10/360Letter from G H K [George Henry Kendrick] Thwaites, Peradeniya, Ceylon, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society1 March 1876
MC/12/21Letter from G H K [George Henry Kendrick] Thwaites, Kandy, Ceylon, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London10 March 1880
MC/7/343Letter from G [George] Thwaites, Royal Botanical Garden, Peradeniya, Ceylon, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society13 July 1866
MC/7Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1864-1866
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
MC/12/156Letter from G H K [George Henry Kendrick] Thwaites, Fairieland, Kandy, Ceylon, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London16 March 1881
MC/12Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1880-1883
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