David Prain
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Sir David Prain was a Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden and went on to become Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
David Prain
Arthur William Hill
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Sir Arthur William Hill was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and a noted botanist and taxonomist.
David Prain
…at the Medical College of Calcutta. In 1905 he became Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, a post he held until 1922 when he was succeeded by Sir Arthur William Hill. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1906 Birthday Honours by King Edward VII. In 1912 he was knighted by King…
From the Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand