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M.A. and M.D. Dublin, 1843; F.L.S.; F.E.S. Lecturer on 

 Physic and Botany, Liverpool School of Medicine, • 1839. 

 'Flora of Liverpool,' 1851; Supplement, 1855. Pritz. 82 

 . Jacks. 255 ; E. S. C. ii. 285 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xv. 36. 



Dickinson, William (1799?-1882) : d. Thorncroft, near Work- 

 ington, Cumberland, 1882. E.L.S., 1855. Land-surveyor 

 Compiled ' Cumberland Glossary.' Baker, Flora of Lake 

 District, p. 12 ; E. S. C. ii. 285. 



Dickson, Alexander (1836-87) : b. Edinburgh, 21 Feb., 1836 ; 

 d. Hartree, Peebles, 30 Dec, 1887. M.D. Edin., 1860 ; 

 M.D. Dublin. ; LL.D. Glasgow. Pupil of J. H. Balfour. 

 Deputy Prof. Bot., Aberdeen, 1862. Prof. Trin. Coll. Dublin, 

 1866 ; Glasgow, 1868 ; Edinburgh, and Eegius Keeper, Bot. 

 Gard., 1879. Pritz. 82 ; Jacks. 91 ; E. S. C. ii. 285 ; vii. 532 ; 

 ix. 697 ; Journ. Bot. 1888, 63 ; ' Nature,' Jan. 5, 1888 ; Ann. 

 Bot. 1888, 306 (bibliog.) ; Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. xvii. 508 ; 

 Gard. Chron. 1888, iii. 24 ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1887-8, 88 ; 

 Scott. Nat. 1888, 242 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xv. 41. 



Dickson, Edward Dalzel (fl. 1840). M.D. Settled at Con- 

 stantinople. Collected oaks in Kurdistan. Bot. Eeg. 1841, 

 p. 24. 



Dickson, James (1738-1822) : b. Traquhair, Peebles, 1738 ; d. 

 Broad Green, Croydon, 14 Aug., 1822. Cryptogamist and 

 nurseryman. Orig. F.L.S., 1788. E. H. S. (1804). Pub- 

 Ushed fascicles of British cryptogams (1785-1801) and flower- 

 ing plants (1793-1802). Pritz. 82 ; E. S. C. ii. 285 ; Life of 

 M. Park, ' Journal,' 1815, vi. ; Trans. Hort. Soc. v., appendix 

 1 ; Smith Lett. ii. 234 ; Felton, 186 ; Gent. Mag. 92, 376 ; 

 Diet. Nat. Biog. xv. 44. Portr. in oil in Lindley Library, 

 and one in possession of family; one at Kew. Dicksonia 

 L'Heritier. 



Dickson, Joseph (d. 1874) : d. Berwick-on-Tweed, 4 Mar., 1874. 

 M.D. Edin., 1842. Lived long in Jersey. E. S. C. ii. 286. 



Dickson, K. W. (pseud. Alexander M'Donald) (fl. 1806). M.D.? 

 Of Hendon, Middlesex. ' Complete Diet, of Practical Garden- 

 ing,' 1807. Johnson, 282. 



Dickson, Robert (1804-75): b. Dumfries, 1804; d. 13 Oct., 

 1875. M.D. Edin., 1826 ; F.L.S., 1831. Practised in Lon- 

 don. Bot. Lect. St. George's Hospital. ' Lecture on Dry 

 Eot,' 1838. Contributed to Maund and HoU's ' NaturaUst,' i. 

 (1837), 146, 197. Diet. Nat. Biog. xv. 44. 



Digby, Sir Kenelm (1603-65) : b. 11 June or 11 July, 1603 ; 

 d. London, 11 June, 1665 ; bur. Christ Church, Newgate. 

 Knighted, 1623. F.E.S. Lectured at Gresham Coll. on 

 vegetation, 1661. Discovered plant's need of oxygen. 

 ' Memoirs,' 1827 ; Ath. Oxon. iii. 688 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xv. 

 60. Portrs. by Vandyck in National Portr. Gallery and 

 Oxford University Gallery, and at Knole. 



Dillenius, John James (1687-1747) : b. Darmstadt, 1687 ; d. 

 Oxford, 2 April, 1747 ; bur. St. Peter's-in-the-east, Oxford. 

 M.D. Giessen ; M.D. Oxon, 1735. Came to England, 1721. 

 Edited Eay's ' Synopsis,' 1724. ' Hortus Elthamensis,' 1732. 



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