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CodeDS/UK/53
NameMasson; Francis (Aug 1741-23 Dec 1805)
SurnameMasson
ForenamesFrancis
HistoryMasson was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and died in Montreal, Canada. He worked as a gardener at RBG Kew before becoming the first collector to be sent out from there (by Aiton). He was sebt to the South African Cape (1772-1774), the Canaries and Azores (1776-1782), Spain and Portugal (1783-1785), Cape and interior (1786-1795). He also went to Madeira and the West Indies, and to New York and Montreal in 1798. Masson also published STAPELIAE NOVAE, OR ... NEW SPECIES OF THAT GENUS DISCOVERED IN THE INTERIOR PARTS OF AFRICA (1796-7).
RulesInternational 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
SourceInformation taken from Ray Desmond's DICTIONARY OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS AND HORTICULTURISTS (NHM, London 1977) and from DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY at http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18307?docPos=4
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