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William Baxter

1787 – 1836

English gardener, plant collector in Australia

Horticulturist Botanist Pteridologist
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Lived 1787 – 1836 (aged 48–49). William Baxter was a British horticulturist, botanist, pteridologist, gardener and botanical collector.

William Baxter (born 1787 - died between 1830 and 1836) was an English gardener who collected in Australia on behalf of English nurserymen and private individuals. He had developed his horticultural reputation as gardener to the Comtesse de Vandes in Bayswater, London, many of the plants he had nurtured being used for illustrations in Curtis's Botanical Magazine. He was the first privately financed plant collector to be sent to Australia, his mission being to collect seeds and roots for the London seedsman F. Henchman.

Baxter's collections were made at Kangaroo Island (1822–1823), the southern coast of Western Australia (1823–1825), at King George Sound, Cape Arid and Lucky Bay, Twofold Bay, and Wilsons Promontory, Victoria (1826). The final expedition to Western Australia (1828–1829) was arranged by Charles Fraser. On his return they disagreed about the distribution of the collected material. Material supplied by Baxter's expedition was propagated at the Clapton Nursery.

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English gardener, plant collector in Australia (1787-1836)

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William Baxter was born in 1787.

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William Baxter died in 1836.

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William Baxter was a horticulturist, botanist, pteridologist, gardener and botanical collector.

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· Wikipedia: William Baxter

· Wikidata: Q3568422

· DBpedia: William Baxter (botanist)

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