David Prain

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Sir David Prain (July 11, 1857 - March 16, 1944) was a Scottish botanist.

Prain studied at the University of Aberdeen. He was curator of the Calcutta herbarium from 1887 to 1889, and author of Bengal Plants (1903). He became Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1905. He was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1935.

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• Durand, Théophile; Benjamin Daydon Jackson, William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, David Prain, Arthur William Hill, Edward James Salisbury (1908). Index Kewensis plantarum phanerogamarum: Supplementum Tertium Nomina et Synonyma Omnium Generum et Specierum AB Initio Anni MDCCCCI Usque AD Finem Anni MDCCCCV Complectens, suppl.3 (1901-1905), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved on 2008-05-27.