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Career

Literature

Mason, Rev. Francis

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

Born: 1799, York, England. Died: 1874, Rangoon, Burma.

career:

Missionary in Burma from 1830. He evidently collected plants in Burma (cf. card index Burkill). There is a possibility that he is the man who was mentioned by Lasègue (under Masson)¹ as the collector of Sumatra plants.

literature:

(1) cf. Mus. Bot. Deless., 1845, p. 328.

	Career Literature
	Mason, Rev. Francis
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1799, York, England. Died: 1874, Rangoon, Burma.
	career: Missionary in Burma from 1830. He evidently collected plants in Burma (cf. card index Burkill). There is a possibility that he is the man who was mentioned by Lasègue (under Masson)¹ as the collector of Sumatra plants.
	literature: (1) cf. Mus. Bot. Deless., 1845, p. 328.