WalkerGM

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Walker, George Warren

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

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)

Died: 1844.

career:

Colonel in the British Army, serving from 1803-14 in British India; in 1828 appointed Governor of St Helena, and in 1830 stationed in Penang. Was in fact stationed in Ceylon as Adjutant-General from 1830-37; he made large journeys of inspection through all parts of the island.²

Several plants were named after him.

Collecting localities:

From 1830-37 collecting in Ceylon. - about 1837 in Penang and Singapore.

collections:

Herb. Kew [K]: c. 1100 nos from Ceylon etc.; Herb. Brit. Mus. [BM]: 305 plants from Singapore and Penang (purch. 1862) + material with Herb. Shuttleworth (purch. 1877); Herb. Deless. (Geneva [G]): 218 nos from Singapore and Penang (1845).¹

Dupl. in Herb. Edinb. [E] (ex Herb. Glasgow).

His letters are preserved at Kew.

literature:

(1) cf. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4, 1896, p. 101.
(2) Cf. I.H. Burkill in J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 54, 1956, p. 50.

biographical data:

Biogr. Index Britten & Boulger in Journ. Bot. 42, 1904, p. 384, and in 2nd ed. by Rendle, 1931; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Walker, George Warren
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)
	Died: 1844.
	career: Colonel in the British Army, serving from 1803-14 in British India; in 1828 appointed Governor of St Helena, and in 1830 stationed in Penang. Was in fact stationed in Ceylon as Adjutant-General from 1830-37; he made large journeys of inspection through all parts of the island.² Several plants were named after him.
	Collecting localities: From 1830-37 collecting in Ceylon. - about 1837 in Penang and Singapore.
	collections: Herb. Kew [K]: c. 1100 nos from Ceylon etc.; Herb. Brit. Mus. [BM]: 305 plants from Singapore and Penang (purch. 1862) + material with Herb. Shuttleworth (purch. 1877); Herb. Deless. (Geneva [G]): 218 nos from Singapore and Penang (1845).¹ Dupl. in Herb. Edinb. [E] (ex Herb. Glasgow). His letters are preserved at Kew.
	literature: (1) cf. Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4, 1896, p. 101. (2) Cf. I.H. Burkill in J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 54, 1956, p. 50.
	biographical data: Biogr. Index Britten & Boulger in Journ. Bot. 42, 1904, p. 384, and in 2nd ed. by Rendle, 1931; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.