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Robert Graham (botanist)

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to take up the position of Professor of Botany and Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, a role he continued until 1845. He was also physician to the
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the son of Dr Robert Graham, physician. After studying at Stirling Grammar School he continued first to the
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He wrote descriptions of new and rare plants cultivated in the gardens which were published in
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Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1851
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following his resignation. He was a major figure in the creation of
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In the 1830s he is listed as living at 62 Great King Street in
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Robert Graham's house at 62 Great King Street, Edinburgh
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Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Colvin Smith


FRSE
FRCPE
MWS
botanist
Stirling
University of Glasgow
University of Edinburgh
MD
St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
Scotland
Glasgow Royal Infirmary
botany
University of Glasgow
Thomas Brown of Lanfine and Waterhaughs
Glasgow Botanic Gardens
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Aesculapian Club
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Thomas Charles Hope
Harveian Society of Edinburgh
Edinburgh's New Town
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Perthshire

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