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David Douglas murió el 12 de julio de 1834 en circunstancias misteriosas mientras escalaba el Mauna Kea, en Laupahoehoe, Hawái. Al parecer, cayó en un pozo utilizado para atrapar ganado salvaje siendo corneado hasta morir por un toro.
David Douglas (Scone, 25 de junio de 1799 - Laupahoehoe, 12 de julio de 1834) fue un botánico y explorador escocés. Biografía [ editar ] Hijo de un cantero, nació en Scone al noroeste de Perth en Escocia .
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] The standard author abbreviation Douglas is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
18 de may. de 2017 · The botanist David Douglas before his death. PD/Public Domain. Hidden off the beaten path on the slopes of Mauna Kea, the dormant Hawaiian volcano, there’s a rough stone spire that marks the ...
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. After serving as a gardener at the Botanical ...
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. The list reproduced below has been compiled over many years at Glasgow ...
S cottish naturalist David Douglas made his first trip to North America in spring 1823, sailing from Liverpool to New York City as a raw collector. Assigned by the London Horticultural Society to assess new cultivars of soft fruit, the qualities of oak timber, and promising garden plants, the 24-year old son of a village stonemason proved energetic at his tasks and, perhaps more importantly ...
