George Lawson
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 129 years ago |
Date of birth | October 12,1827 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Scotland |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | November 10,1895 |
Died | Halifax Regional Municipality |
Canada | |
Field | Botany |
Books | Anatomies of Revolution |
The Global Transformation: History, Modernity and the Making of International Relations | |
Negotiated Revolutions: The Czech Republic, South Africa and Chile | |
All that Dutch: International Cultural Politics | |
Party | Australian Labor Party |
Previous position | Member of the Australian House of Representatives (1931–1961) |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1524287 |
George Lawson Life story
George Lawson was a Scottish-Canadian botanist who is considered the "father of Canadian botany". Born in Scotland, in 1858, he was appointed the Professor of Chemistry and Natural History at Queen's University. He helped to create one of Canada's first botanical gardens.