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19 Oct., 1810. F.L.S., 1788. Pupil of Linneeus. Librarian 

 to Banks, 1782 ; to Linn. Soc, 1788. ' Catalogus Bibliotheore 

 Josephi Banks,' 1798-1800. Eees ; Pritz. 91 ; Jacks. 541 ; 

 E. S. C. ii. 347 ; Smith Lett. i. 165 ; Nich. Anecd. ix. 43 ; 

 Diet. Nat. Biog. xvi. 64. Portr. Kew. Dryandra Thunb. = 

 Aleiorites. Dryandra Br. = Josephia. 



Dubois, Charles (1656-1740) : b 1656 ; d. Miteham, Surrey, 



20 Oct., 1740; bur. Miteham. Had a botanic garden. 

 Treasurer, Bast India Company. London merchant. Sent 

 plants to Petiver and Plukenet. Herbarium at Oxford of 

 74 vols. Plants in Hb. Sloane, 32, 59, 89, &c. Loudon, 

 Arboretum, 62; Gent. Mag. 1740, 525; 1812, pt. i. 205; 

 Journ. Bot. 1854, 249 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xvi. 77. 



Duck, J. N. (fl. 1852). ' Nat. Hist, of Portishead,' Bristol, 

 1852. Contains botanical lists. Jacks. 258. 



Duguid, Alexander (fl. 1832). MS. ' Flora Orcadensis ' [with 

 Dr. Gillies], 1832. Top. Bot. ed. ii. 545. 



Dunbar, George (1744-1851) : b. Coddingham, Berwick, 1744 ; 

 d. Eose Park, Edinburgh, 6 Dee., 1851 ; bur. Greyfriars, 

 Edinburgh. Began life as a gardener. M.A. Edin., 1807. 

 Prof, of Greek, Edin. Univ., 1805. Grew heaths (catalogue 

 in Gard. Mag. i. 131). Cott. Gard. vii. 187; Diet. Nat. 

 Biog. xvi. 153. Dunharia Wight & Arn. 



Duncan, Andrew (1744-1828) : b. Pinkerton, St. Andrew's, 17. 

 Oct. 1744; d. Edinburgh, June, 1828; bur. Edinburgh. 

 Physician. M.A. St. Andrew's, 1762 ; M.D., 1769. Founded 

 Caledonian Horticul. Soc. 1809, and established a public 

 experimental garden. Pritz. 94 ; E. S. C. ii. 401 ; Felton, 

 190 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xvi. 161. Portr. by Eaeburn, engr. 

 Mitchell. Duncania Eohb. 



Duncan, Andrew (1773-1832) : b. Edinburgh, 10 Aug., 1773 ; 

 d. Edinburgh, 13 May, 1832. Son of preceding. Physician. 

 M.A. Edin., 1793; M.D., 1794. Leet. on Materia Medica. 

 ' Cat. Medicinal Plants,' 1826. Diet. Nat. Biog. xvi. 163. 



Duncan, Rev. James (1802 ?-61) : b. Denholm, Eoxburgh, 

 1802 ?; d. Denholm, 30 Nov., 1861. List of pi. in Jeffrey's 

 Hist, of Eoxburghshire. MS. Flora of Jedburgh, cire. 1830. 

 N. B. G. 426; Top. Bot., ed. ii., 543: Hist. Berwick Nat. 

 Club v. 822 ; Johnston Corr. 62. 



Duncan, James (1802-76) : b. Aberdeen, Oct., 1802; d. Calne, 

 Wilts, 11 Aug., 1876; bur. Calne. Curator Bot. Garden, 

 Mauritius, 1849. Catalogue of Garden, 1863. Pritz. 94; 

 Jacks. 448. 



Duncan, John (1794-1881) ; b. Stonehaven, Kincardine, 1794 ; 

 d. Alford, Aberdeen, 1881. Weaver. Herbarium of over 1100 

 pi. presented to Aberdeen Univ. Life, by W. Jolly, with 

 portr., 1883 ; Journ. Bot. 1881, 64, 287 ; Nature, 20 Jan. 

 1881. 



Duncan, Rev. John Shute (fl. 1831). M.A. Oxon. Keeper 

 of Ashmolean Museum. ' Botanical Theology.' Pritz. 94 ; 

 Jacks. 19. 



Duncan, Peter Martin (1824 ?-91) : d. 28 May, 1891. F.E.S. ; 



