Robert Morton Middleton
1846–1909
Banker and naturalist. Spent part of his career in the United States, returning to England in 1896. Afterwards, spent two years in Chile on behalf of the Church Missionary Society where he collected plants; returned in 1907. Employed temporarily at the Botanical Department of the Natural History Museum, where he placed his collection of Chilean plants.
Sources
R. Desmond 1994
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 122 (1909–10): 94
Bibliography
Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.
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