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George Taylor was a British botanist and botanical collector. Born in Edinburgh in 1904, he was educated at George Heriot's School and the University of Edinburgh. He resided in Scotland and spoke English. Taylor held the honorific prefix Sir and was a Knight Bachelor. He was a member of the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, receiving the titles of Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His work was recognized in the Royal Society collection.
Taylor died of a myocardial infarction in Dunbar in 1993. His manner of death was natural causes. Specimens from his collections are held at the Meise Botanic Garden, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, and the National Herbarium of Victoria.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Taylor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh
- Place of death
- Dunbar
- Occupation
- botanical collector
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Residence
- Scotland
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- date of birth
- 1904-02-15
- date of death
- 1993-01-01
- member of
- Royal Society of Edinburgh
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- P6944
- George Taylor
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