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Ernest Edward Galpin

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Gender Male
Death82 years ago
Date of birth December 6,1858
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Grahamstown
South Africa
Date of died October 16,1941
DiedTransvaal
Fields Botanist
Bank
Job Botanist
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Ernest Edward Galpin Life story


Ernest Edward Galpin, was a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.

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