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Last Name Masson
Given Name Francis
alt. Names F. M. ;
Marriage probably unmarried
Children
Year born 1741 in Aberdeen
Year died 1805 / 1806
Place of death Montreal
Father's occupation
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Education
Country of Activity Canada
Worked for Masson: Stapelia novae (1796-1797) ;
Patronage Joseph Banks (1742/3-1820) ; Kew Gardens ;
Collaborators William Aiton (1731-93) ; James Cook (1728-79) ;
Techniques botanical drawing and watercolour ;
Sample(s) http://www.plantexplorers.com/explorers/biographies/masson/francis-masson.htm ;
Archival sources British Museum Natural History. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Masson ; http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2533 ;
Published sources Dict. Canadian Biog. ; Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966 ; Sawyer 1971: 152 & 158 ;
other Further Places of Activity: Azores, Canary Islands, West Indies, Portugal, Spain, Canada, the United States, and South Africa. on HMS Resolution 1772-5; exped. 1778 & 1797
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