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PAUL FURSE AND HIS PLANT COLLECTIONS AT KEW
Author(s) -
Strange Kit
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
curtis's botanical magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1467-8748
pISSN - 1355-4905
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8748.2007.00564.x
Subject(s) - amateur , enthusiasm , navy , geography , history , art history , ancient history , library science , archaeology , computer science , philosophy , theology
Summary Paul Furse was an accomplished botanical artist and amateur botanist who, after his retirement from the Navy, spent several years searching for bulbs, travelling to remote locations in the Near East. He went to Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and collected many plants which are still in cultivation today. His pioneering expeditions and enthusiasm inspired a generation of botanists to explore these areas.