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Code	DS/UK/487
Name	Purdie; William (1817-1857); gardener, superintendent
Dates and Places	b.1817, Scotland; d.10 Oct 1857, Trinidad
Surname	Purdie
Forenames	William
History	Purdie was a gardener at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh and the superintendent at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Trinidad and Tobago (1846-57). He collected plants in Trinidad, Jamaica, Colombia, Venezula and other parts of South America.
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	MR/724

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Reference	Title	Date
MCR/15/16/2	Trinidad: Botanic Garden	5 Dec 1857 - 24 Oct 1894

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