Francis Hamilton

(1762-1829)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hamilton, Francis, 1762-1829 NRA: Buchanan Francis Hamilton (1762-1829) Surgeon and Botanist DNB: Hamilton [formerly Buchanan], Francis, of Buchanan (1762–1829), East India Company surgeon and botanist LBT ID: FrHamil1829 VIAF ID: 9966168 LOC ID: n83021923	B/BAP: 1762-02-15 DIED: 1829-06-15
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Originally Buchanan; educated at the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, he was an East India Company surgeon, traveler, and botanist.
REFERENCES TO Francis Hamilton: Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 15 November 1807 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 5 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XIII. 1807