Peter Cormack Sutherland
1822–1900
Scottish physician, naturalist, and explorer. Undertook expeditions to the west coast of Africa and to Greenland. Accompanied an expedition in search of John Franklin, 1850. Government geologist and surveyor-general in Natal, South Africa, 1853–86.
Source
R. Desmond 1994, DSAB.
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.
DSAB: Dictionary of South African biography. Edited by W. J. de Kock et al. 4 vols. Pretoria and Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel Beperk [and others]. 1968–81.
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