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Code	DS/UK/266
Name	Pickering; Percival Spencer Umfreville (1858-1920); chemist and horticulturist
Dates and Places	d. 5 Dec 1920, Harpenden
Surname	Pickering
Forenames	Percival Spencer Umfreville
History	Lecturer in Chemistry, Bedford College, 1881-1888. From 1894, Pickering was Director of the Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm, established by Pickering and the Duke of Bedford.
Rules	International 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
Source	Ray Desmond, DICTIONARY OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS AND HORTICULTURISTS (1994)
Source	wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival_Spencer_Umfreville_Pickering (accessed 25/04/2019)

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MCR/1/1/41	Great Britain: Miscellaneous	1864-16 Sep 1916

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