John Fraser (botanist)
John Fraser (1750 – 26 April 1811) was a Scottish botanist, born at Tomnacross, the Aird, Inverness-shire. He moved to London, where he started work as a draper working with linen, but then, together with his son, took up botanical collecting, sending his collections to his plant nursery in London and to other clients, including the Tsar of Russia, the Chelsea Physic Garden, William Aiton (head gardener of Kew Gardens), and Sir James Edward Smith. He travelled extensively, collecting in Newfoundland and the Appalachian Mountains in eastern North America.
Species named after him include Abies fraseri (Fraser Fir) and Magnolia fraseri (Fraser Magnolia).
References
His son, also named John Fraser (1780-1852), takes the author abbreviation Fraser f. in citations.
 | This article about a British botanist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |