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Reference numberEC/1887/10
Previous numbersCert XI, 125
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TitleKing, Sir George: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationSuperintendent of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Calcutta, and of the Government Cinchona Plantations of Darjeeling. Ex-Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens of Saharunpore. Author of 'Notes on the Lion of Aboo' (Proc Asiat Soc Beng, 1868); 'On the Birds of the Goona District' (Journ Asiat Soc Beng, 1868); 'Notes on the Vegetable Products and Farm Foods of Rajpootana and Marwan'; 'Observations on the Genus 'Ficus', and on the Fertilization of 'hispida'; 'A Monograph of Indian Fici' (in course of publication). Eminent as an Indian Botanist and Quinologist, and for the services he has rendered to Botanists and Naturalists in India.
ProposersFrom Personal Knowledge: J D Hooker; John Ball; Danl Oliver; J G Baker; C B Clarke; W Bowman; J E T Aitchison; Isaac Bayley Balfour; R Strachey
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King, Sir George: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA1656King; Sir; George (1840 - 1909)1840 - 1909
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