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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2013-02-18 human Christine Moje updated 2024-06-25 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005332b.htm person Nelson David AACR2 20 June 1789 Place of Death Kupang, Timor Botanical collector David Nelson, formerly a gardener at Kew Botanic Gardens, accompanied Cook's Third Voyage (1777-1779) as the official plant collector. Being the first to collect the type material of Eucalyptus obliqua on Bruny Island, off the coast of Tasmania, he greatly contributed to the study of eucalyptus. Nelson was later botanical collector on the HMS Bounty under Captain Bligh. He was responsible for the first apple trees and potatoes planted in Tasmania. The plant material he collected on this journey from Australia, Cape of Good Hope and Timor, are now in the British Museum. Loyal to Captain Bligh, he was one of the party set adrift by the mutineers of the Bounty in 1789. Although he survived the epic voyage in the open boat, he died of fever and exposure shortly after reaching Timor. 1788 1788 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus obliqua described by L'Herit. (1788), of which Nelson collected the type. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1759 - )

Gardener at Kew until 1777

 Nelson, David (-17890620)

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 'Nelson, David', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Nelson, David Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: David Nelson, d.1789 Mabberley, R. D. David Nelson, d.1789 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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