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Shaw, George (1751 - 1813)

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Born: 10 December 1751  Bierton, Buckinghamshire, England.  Died: 22 July 1813.
George Shaw was a lecturer in botany at Oxford University and a medical practioner who published one of the first English descriptions with scientific names of several of the common and best known Australian animals.

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Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 7 August 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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