Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Galpine, John

949017Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 20 — Galpine, John1889Benjamin Daydon Jackson

GALPINE, JOHN (d. 1806), author of 'Synoptical Compend of the British Flora,' was elected an associate of the Linnean Society 20 Feb. 1798; the preface to his work above cited was dated Blandford, 1 Jan. 1806, and he died before 24 May of the same year. After his death three enlarged editions were printed by a London bookseller, dated respectively 1819, 1829, 1834.

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