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====William Roxburgh====
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Roxburgh William Roxburgh] 1751-1815. (Wikipedia) He joined the Madras Medical Service as an assistant surgeon in 1776 and became a surgeon in 1780. He succeeded Patrick Russell as Naturalist to the Madras Government. He later became Superintendant of the Calcutta Botanical Garden 1793-1814 where he was succeeded by Francis Buchan Hamilton. <br>[http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%2015/otherstories.html#story2 Pages from History: The barometer and thermometer – his constant companions] ''Madras Musings'' November 16-30 2009
<br>[http://books.google.com/books?id=LFw-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Flora indica, or descriptions of Indian plants,Volume 1''] by William Roxburgh 1820 [http://books.google.com/books?id=V1w-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Volume 2''] 1824 [http://books.google.com/books?id=focCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR6 ''Volume 3''] 1832
