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Code	DS/UK/488
Name	Prestoe; Henry (1842-1923); gardener, government botanist and superintendent
Dates and Places	b.6 Jan 1842, Andover; d.24 Sept 1923, Brighton, Sussex
Surname	Prestoe
Forenames	Henry
History	Prestoe was a gardener at Kew Gardens in 1865. He then became government botanist and superintendent at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Trinidad and Tobago (1864-86) after H Crueger.
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	MR/724
Source	Ray Desmond, DICTIONARY OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS AND HORTICULTURISTS (1994)

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

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