Robert Morton, jnr Middleton
| Robert Morton, jnr Middleton FLS | |||||||
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| Born | 1846 | ||||||
| Died | 1909 | ||||||
| Residence |
Castle Eden, Co. Durham Hudworth Cottage, Castle Eden, Co. Durham [1885] | ||||||
| Occupation |
naturalist collector museum work botanist | ||||||
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Robert Morton Middleton junior, born 25 January 1846 at Sowerby, Yorks, died at Wallington, Surrey, on 8 August 1909. He was a collector of natural history specimens and a Fellow of the Linnean Society (1880), who lived for a time in Tennessee, receiving a Smithsonian letter. He collected in Chile (plants at BM and Mc Gill) and corresponded with many naturalists of his day; in 1890 he donated more than 3,000 specimens to McGill University. After returning to England in 1892, he was a Temporary Assistant at the Natural History Museum until his death
English missionary from Sowerby, Yorkshire, who spent two years in Chile on behalf of Church Missionary Society. His name is usually given as 'R. Morton Middleton' on specimens at BM.
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donated more than 3,000 specimens to McGill University
