William Jack (botanist)

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William Jack (1795 - 1822) was a Scottish botanist.

Jack was employed by the East India Company as a surgeon, and accompanied Stamford Raffles to Sumatra, where he studied the botany.

The standard author abbreviation Jack is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

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Nationaal Herbarium Nederland

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