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Shaw, George (1751 - 1813)FRS |
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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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