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Darwin Correspondence Project

Peter Lawson

1752/3–1821

Scottish nurseryman. Founded the Edinburgh nursery Peter Lawson & Son in 1770.

Sources

R. Desmond 1994

Scotland old parish registers deaths 685/3 360 184 Canongate (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 5 April 2017)

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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