John Davidson (botanist)
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| John Davidson | |
| Born | 1878 Aberdeen, Scotland |
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| Died | 1970 Vancouver, Canada |
| Nationality |  Canadian |
| Fields | Botanist |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia |
| Alma mater | Robert Gordon's College and University of Aberdeen |
| Known for | First Provincial Botanist, British Columbia and Founding Director UBC Botanical Garden |
John Davidson (1878 – 1970) was a notable Scottish-Canadian botanist. Born in Aberdeen, he worked at the University of Aberdeen (1893 – 1911) before being appointed the first Provincial Botanist of British Columbia. Davidson established an herbarium on West Pender Street, Vancouver, and a botanical garden near New Westminster, at Coquitlam (at the [Colony Farm] and [Essondale] farming and mental hospital complex,which later became [Riverview Hospital] in the 1950s). This collection was moved to the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1916 where it became the UBC Botanical Garden. This move is often described as having involved the transfer of 25,000 plants, though this figure is an exaggeration. Even if Davidson and his staff transferred two thousand plants, the feat would still have been extraordinary. As a UBC faculty member in Botany from 1916 to 1948 Davidson was instrumental in developing botany teaching at the University.
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[edit] Other activities
He also founded the [Vancouver Natural History Society], which has been renamed as; Nature Vancouver.
[edit] Works
- Published works (partial list)
- 1922: "The Cascara Tree in British Columbia"
- 1923: "Commercial Drug Plant Cultivation in British Columbia"
- 1933: "Poisonous Plants of British Columbia"
- 1942: "The Cascara Tree in British Columbia"
- 1943: "Edible Plants of British Columbia"
- 1949: "The Cascara Tree in Relation to Drug Farming in British Columbia"
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- University of British Columbia Library Archive - a list of archival material.
- [1] A blog about "Botany John", with links to UBC's John Davidson website.
- [2] UBC's Virtual Museum of Canada exhibition, Botany John: Legacy of a Canadian Botanist.
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Davidson, John |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1970 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Vancouver, Canada |
