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CodeDS/UK/103
NameBroadway; Walter Elias (1863-1935); Mr; gardener, assistant superintendent, curator and assistant botanist
Dates and Placesb.3 May 1863, Exbury, Hants; d.1 Jan 1935, Trinidad
SurnameBroadway
ForenamesWalter Elias
HistoryBroadway was superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Trinidad and Tobago in 1888. He was later the curator of the Botanic Gardens of Grenada (1894-1905) and for the Royal Botanic Gardens of Trinidad and Tabago (1910-1915). In addition Broadway was also employed as assistant botanist in Trinidad (1815-1822) and worked as a gardener at Kew Gardens. Broadway collected plant specimens in the West Indies, Venezuela and French Guiana [Guyana].
RulesInternational Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3

National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
SourceRay Desmond, DICTIONARY OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS AND HORTICULTURISTS (1994)
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MCR/15/16/2Trinidad: Botanic Garden5 Dec 1857 - 24 Oct 1894
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