| Name |
George Alexander GAMMIE |
| Birth |
Jul 1864 |
Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK  |
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Indexes
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| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1871 |
12 Kensington Place, Chelsea, London, England, UK |
| Occupation |
Botanist |
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| Death |
5 May 1934 |
Chiswick, Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK |
| Probate |
31 Jul 1934 |
London, England, UK |
- GAMMIE George Alexander of 1 Haward-road Chiswick Middlesex and of Lindsay House Barrells Down-road Bishop Stortford Hertfordshire died 5 May 1934 at 1 Haward-road Administration London 31 July to Elsie* Stewart (wife of William Tod Stewart) and Amy* Pearson (wife of Cyril Claude Pearson) Effects 5592 pounds 17 shillings 9 pence.
*George's sisters.
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| Notes |
- http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?botanistid=49974
https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000300596
George Alexander Gammie (July 1864 - 5 May 1935) was a British botanist who worked in India. He worked on a variety of plant groups including those of economic interest such as cotton and contributed to the knowledge of plants used during famines in India.
George Gammie was born to Mary n?ee Parrell and her husband James Alexander Gammie (12 November 1839-13 April 1924) who was superintendent in the cinchona plantations at Mungpu. James had come to India and replaced Robert Scott at the Calcutta botanical garden in 1866. Later he moved to Mungpu and John Scott was given the post of Curator of the Calcutta Garden. George Gammie grew up at Mungpu and became interested in the plants of the region. He worked as an assistant in Mungpu from 1881 to 1899 and went on collecting tours to Sikkim and the Brahmaputra Valley. He was placed in charge of the Saharanpur Garden around 1891-92 and the Lloyd Botanic Garden at Darjeeling around 1893 and was for some time between 1893 and 1896, a Curator at the Calcutta Botanic Gardens. He joined the Government of Bombay in 1899 and worked with the Botanical Survey of India at Poona working as Economic Botanist from 1904-1908. Gammie's final posting was as Imperial Cotton Specialist, a position he held till his retirement in 1919. He published a monograph on The Indian Cottons in 1907.
He was elected Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1899. Noted as a genial, slow-moving man of massive build he was a favourite at conferences of the Indian Imperial Board of Agriculture. He died at his home in Chiswick, Brentford, Middlesex.
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| Person ID |
I8330 |
Warren Nunn's family tree |
| Last Modified |
26 Mar 2022 |
| Father |
James Alexander GAMMIE, b. 12 Nov 1839, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 13 Apr 1924, Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK (Age 84 years) |
| Mother |
Mary PARRELL, b. Oct 1839, Old Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK d. 29 Oct 1925, Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
28 Jan 1864 |
St Mary's Parish Church, Ealing, Middlesex, England, UK |
- 1864 marriages solemnized in the parish church Ealing in the county of Middlesex.
No 290, 1864 January 28th, James Alex Gammie, bachelor, gardener, of Kew. Father: George Gammie, gardener and Mary Parrell, spinster, of Old Bretford. Father: John Parrell. Witnesses: George Acnett?, Rebecca Parrell.
England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973
Name: James Alexander Gammie Gender: Male Marriage Date: 28 Jan 1864 Marriage Place: St Mary'S, Ealing, Middlesex, England Father: George Gammie Spouse: Mary Parrell FHL Film Number: 2214227
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| Family ID |
F415 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1864 - 1934 (69 years)
