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George William Francis : ウィキペディア英語版 | George William Francis George William Francis (1800–1865) was an English botanical and general science writer. An emigrant to Australia, he made a reputation there as a gardener. ==Life== Born in London, Francis emigrated to Australia for improved prospects of supporting his famiy; he arrived in the ''Louisa Baillie'' 2 September 1849. Shortly he took over the old botanical garden of Adelaide, north of the Torrens River, as a tenant. Subsequently he was appointed director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden, a position he held for the rest of his life.
Francis died after a long illness, of dropsy on 9 August 1865 and was buried the next day. He left a widow and ten children.〔
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