NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Edgeworth, Michael Pakenham (1812-1881) Botanist DNB: Edgeworth, Michael Pakenham (1812–1881), botanist and East India Company servant LBT ID: MiEdgew1881 VIAF ID: 47642056 | B/BAP: 1812-05-24 DIED: 1881-07-30 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File | |
The son of Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his fourth wife, Frances Beaufort; educated at
Charterhouse and at Edinburgh University, he was writer to the East India Company and a
writer on biology. | |