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Code	DS/UK/514
Name	Carles; William Richard (1848-1929); diplomat
Dates and Places	b.1 Jun 1848
Surname	Carles
Forenames	William Richard
History	British Consular Service, China, 1867. Consul-General in Tientsin [Tianjin] and Peking [Beijing] in 1900. Collected plants in China, 1867-1883 and in Korea, 1883-1885. Botanised with F B Forbes and sent plants to H F Hance. Fellow of the Linnean Society, 1898.
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)

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Reference	Title	Date
MCR/4/2/11	China: Plant collections, cultural products etc.	5 Oct 1853-31 Aug 1914

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