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David Douglas ( Scone, 25 de junio de 1799 - Laupahoehoe, 12 de julio de 1834) fue un botánico y explorador escocés . Biografía. Hijo de un cantero, nació en Scone al noroeste de Perth en Escocia.
David Douglas. (1799/06/25 - 1834/07/12) Botánico escocés. Reconocido como uno de los padres fundadores de la silvicultura británica. Obras: Diario llevado por David Douglas durante sus viajes en América del Norte 1823-1827... Campo: Botánica. Padres: Jean Drummond y John Douglas. Hijos: 1.
David Douglas (25 June 1799 – 12 July 1834) was a Scottish botanist, best known as the namesake of the Douglas fir. He worked as a gardener, and explored the Scottish Highlands, North America, and Hawaii, where he died. [1]
David Douglas (born 1798, Scone, Perthshire, Scot.—died July 12, 1834, Sandwich [Hawaiian] Islands) was a Scottish botanist who was a traveller and botanical collector in North America and for whom the Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii, or P. douglasii) and the primrose genus Douglasia are named.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
18 de may. de 2017 · Hidden off the beaten path on the slopes of Mauna Kea, the dormant Hawaiian volcano, there’s a rough stone spire that marks the spot where the famed botanist David Douglas is said to have died....
- Eric Grundhauser
S. House. Abstract. 1999 was the bicentenary of the birth of the Scotsman David Douglas (1799-1834), who became known as one of the most intrepid of all the remarkable plant hunters of the past 200 years.
David Douglas's Discoveries & Introductions. David Douglas discovered thousands of plants, mosses and seaweeds. Many were not of interest to the Horticultural Society because they would not thrive in the British climate or were too fragile to succeed; and there was limited use of many of the mosses and seaweeds.
