George Shaw
1751–1813
Natural historian. Assistant lecturer in botany, Oxford University, 1786. A founder of the Linnean Society of London, 1788. Assistant keeper of the natural history collections in the British Museum, 1791; keeper, 1807–13. FRS 1789.
Sources
Aust. dict. biog.
DNB
Bibliography
Aust. dict. biog.: Australian dictionary of biography. Edited by Douglas Pike et al. 14 vols. [Melbourne]: Melbourne University Press. London and New York: Cambridge University Press. 1966–96.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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