Bright Sparcs
Biographical entry
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Pescott, Edward Edgar (1872 - 1954) |
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Naturalist and Horticulturalist | |||
Born: 11 December 1872 Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Died: 31 July 1954 Camberwell, Victoria, Australia. | |||
Edward Edgar Pescott, Principal Governor, School of Horticulture, Burnley, Victoria 1909-16, and Government Pomologist, Victorian Department of Agriculture 1917-37 was an authority on native orchids and made weekly radio broadcasts on native flora from the early 1920s. |
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