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Braine, Arthur Belgrave (1854 - 1945) |
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| Teacher and Orchidologist | ||
| Born: 9 September 1854 England. Died: 6 October 1945 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. | ||
| Arthur Belgrave Braine was a Victorian schoolteacher and amateur orchidologist. In 1922 Prasophyllum Brainei, the Green Leek Orchid, was named after him. |
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| Born England, 9 September 1854. Died Melbourne, 6 October 1945. Coffee planter, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for many years; school teacher in various parts of Victoria, including Cravensville (near Tallangatta); first person to undertake an orchid survey of north east Victoria, publishing a series of 23 articles on "In Quest of Orchids" in "The Federal Standard", Chiltern, Victoria, 1917-18. |
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