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Carron, William (1821 - 1876) |
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| Botanist and Forester | ||
| Born: 18 December 1821 Pulham, Norfolk, England. Died: 25 February 1876 New South Wales, Australia. | ||
| William Carron was botanist to the expedition to Cape York under Edmund Kennedy in 1848, William Carron was also a collector for the Sydney Botanic Gardens 1866-75 and collected information on forest reserves for the New South Wales Lands Department. |
Career Highlights |
| Born Pulham, Norfolk, England, 18 December 1821. Died Grafton, 25 February 1876. Gardener in England; arrived Sydney 1844 in charge of plants for Alexander McLeay's garden; Thomas Shepherd's Darling nursery 1844-48; botanist to Edmund Kennedy's expedition to Cape York 1848; clerk, Department of the Superintendent of Convicts 1848-53; locker, Customs Department 1853-54; visited England 1854-55; locker-in-charge, Lamb's warehouse 1855-66; collector for the Sydney Botanic Gardens 1866-75; reported on twenty forest reserves in northern New South Wales 1872; inspector of forests and forestry ranger, Clarence district 1876. Several plants were named after him. |
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