Edgar John Allard

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Edgar John Allard (1877-23/10/1918)

Contents 1 Biography 2 information included from the herbariaunited database 2.1 Inferred associations 2.1.1 associated with 2.2 Collection activity by county 3 references and external links

Biography

Born Maidstone, Kent and started work in the building trade, but ran away and became a gardener.
After jobs in various nurseries, including Messrs F. Sanders & Co. St Albans, employed as 'improver gardener' at Cambridge University Botanic Garden 1895-1898.
Worked at Kew Gardens 1898-99.
Returned to Cambridge University Botanic Garden 1899-1910.
First Garden Superintendent at the John Innes Horticultural Institution, Merton, 1910-1918.
Died 23 October 1918 during the flu epidemic.
Obituary in Bulletin of miscellaneous information: Royal Botanic Garden Kew, 1918, page 342.

information included from the herbariaunited database

Inferred associations

associated with

• John Innes Horticultural Institute

Collection activity by county

Search for specimens collected by Edgar John Allard.

references and external links

• Kent DH & Allen DE. 1984. British and Irish Herbaria. London.