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:<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====Nathaniel Wallich====[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Wallich Nathaniel Wallich] 1786-1854. (Also spelt Wallick in the East-India Register) He was a Danish Surgeon at the Danish settlement of Serampore, near Calcutta from 1808. He became an Assistant Surgeon in the Bengal Medical Service from 1814. He followed Francis Buchan-Hamilton as Superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Garden, a position he held until he retired in 1846.
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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.
