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Code	DS/UK/473
Name	Billington; Horace Walter Leighton (1867-1897); botanist
Dates and Places	b.27 Jul 1867, Chalbury, Dorset; d.2 Nov 1897, Old Calabar.
Surname	Billington
Forenames	Horace Walter Leighton
History	First Curator, Botanic Station, Old Calabar, Niger Coast [Nigeria], 1893-1897.
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 (1997)

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MCR/10/7/16	Southern Nigeria I	16 Apr 1891-17 Apr 1901

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