William Arnold Bromfield
1801–51
Botanist. MD, Glasgow, 1823. Settled at Ryde, Isle of Wight, in 1836 and spent the rest of his life preparing Flora Vectensis (1856). Contributor to botanical publications. Travelled Germany, Italy, and France, the West Indies, and North America. Died in Damascus while on a tour of Egypt and Syria.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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