| Activity | MD Copenhagen 1821. FRS 1829. FLS 1818.Studied under Martin Vahl (1749-1804). Surgeon to the Danish settlement at Serampore, 1807; entered East India Company service, 1808. Assistant to William Roxburgh (GB/110/1/28) at Calcutta Botanic Garden, 1809-1814. Acting superintendent, 1814-1816, and superintendent, 1817-1846. Collected plants in Nepal, 1820-1821; and Cape of Good Hope, 1842-1843. |