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→William Griffith
====William Griffith====
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Griffith_(botanist) William Griffith] (Wikipedia) was a [[Civil Surgeon]] based in [[Tenasserim]] (later [[Malacca]], where he died). He is profiled in [http://www.archive.org/stream/makersofbritishb00oliv#page/178/mode/2up “William Griffith 1810-1845”] by WH Lang from ''Makers of British botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists'' (1913). Griffith hismelf himself wrote [http://www.archive.org/details/journalsoftravel15171gut ''Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries''] in 1847 (Archive.org), the initial section of which contains biographical details.
====Johann Gerhard Koenig====