Rawson William Rawson

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Sir Rawson William Rawson , (born September 8, 1812 in London , † November 20, 1899 ibid) was a British colonial administrator and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Rawson ".

Life

Rawson attended Eton College and was then private secretary to several vice presidents on the Board of Trade , most recently to William Ewart Gladstone . In 1842 he became Secretary of the Governor General of Canada and two years later he went to Mauritius as a treasurer in the colonial service . In 1854 he became colonial secretary in the Cape Province, which he remained until 1864. In Cape Town he was involved in founding the South African Museum , supported the transfer of government power to the local elected parliament and worked as a botanist.

In 1864 he became governor of the Bahamas and from 1869 of the Windward Islands . In 1875 he retired.

He was from 1884 to 1886 as the successor to Robert Giffen President of the Statistical Society , to which he had been a member since 1835, and published the magazine from 1837 to 1842. In 1876 he became a member of their council. He was also founding president of the International Statistical Institute. He was also Vice President of the Royal Geographical Society.

Rawson was made Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1857 and Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) in 1875 .

He had been married to Mary-Anne Ward since 1849 and had eight children.

Fonts

  • with Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Pappe : Synopsis filicum Africae Australis, or, An enumeration of the South African ferns hitherto known 1858

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SURNAME Rawson, Rawson William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rawson (botanical author abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British botanist and colonial administrator
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1899
Place of death London