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Letter, 16 November 1888
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CA MUA MG 1022-2-1-251-0017
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(1846-1927)
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Benjamin Daydon Jackson was born on April 3, 1846, in London England.
He was a British botanist, taxonomer, and author. He was educated at private schools. In 1868, he became a Fellow of the Linnean Society, and in 1880, he was elected its secretary. He is best known as the compiler of “Index Kewensis”, a reference book that appeared from 1893 to 1895, and which was at once accepted as an authority throughout the world for names of flowering plants. He also wrote, "Guide to the Literature of Botany" (1881), "Vegetable Technology" (1882), and "Glossary of Botanical Terms" (1900). Dr. Jackson, who was an honorary Ph.D. of Upsala was created a Knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star in 1907, on the occasion of the Linnean bicentenary celebrations.
He died on October 12, 1927, in London, England.
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Letter from B.D. Jackson to John William Dawson, written from London, W..
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2211/148
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- Dawson, John William, Sir, 1820-1899 (Recipient)