William Lobb (1809 – 3 May 1864) was a British plant collector, employed by Veitch Nurseries of Exeter, who was responsible for introducing to commercial...
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in 1849 by John Lobb (1829–95), the business has been in operation since 1866 in London and circa 1900 in Paris. John Lobb's son William took over the business...
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Thomas Lobb (1817–1894) was a British botanist and, along with his older brother, William Lobb, collected plants for the plant nursery Veitch. Lobb worked...
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Thomas Lobb (1817–1894), British botanist (brother of William Lobb) William Lobb (1809–1864), British botanist (brother of Thomas Lobb) Dion Lobb (born...
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John Lobb (27 December 1829 – 17 January 1895) was an English shoemaker and the founder of the company John Lobb Bootmaker. He founded his first successful...
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: 278 Her parents were Nicholas William Lobb and Emma Vivian Lobb, and she was the second of their five children. Lobb grew up in Penerthwin and was educated...
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historical figures as characters include William Lobb and Johnny Appleseed in At the Edge of the Orchard, and William Blake in Burning Bright. Chevalier has...
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is a native of the mountains of Patagonia, where it was found by Mr. William Lobb, forming a beautiful tree 30 feet high." When he published the plant...
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after completing their contracts. Another suggestion is that it was William Lobb, the plant collector, who recognised the possibilities of sodium nitrate...
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collectors. Prolific plant hunters in this period included William Lobb and his brother Thomas Lobb, George Forrest, Joseph Hooker, Charles Maries and Robert...
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brothers Thomas Lobb and William Lobb from Cornwall and David Bowman. The Veitch's ability to grow exotic plants is noted in William Jackson Hooker's...
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Islands at 62° North latitude. The plant was introduced to Europe by William Lobb during his plant collecting expedition to the Valdivian temperate forests...
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A much larger shipment of seed collected from the Calaveras Grove by William Lobb, acting for the Veitch Nursery near Exeter, arrived in England in December...
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in appearance to the former. The plant was introduced to Britain by William Lobb during his plant collecting expedition to the Valdivian temperate rain...
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Constitution: 49 Edwin M. Lee (1952–2017), 43rd Mayor of San Francisco William Lobb (1809–1864), English botanist and plant collector Frederick Low (1828–1894)...
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Eriogonum lobbii (redirect from Lobb's buckwheat)
Eriogonum lobbii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Lobb's buckwheat or prostrate buckwheat. It is native to most of the mountain ranges...
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natural hybrid between red and noble fir. This tree was first recorded by William Lobb on his expedition to California of 1849–1853, having been overlooked...
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In combinatorial mathematics, the Lobb number Lm,n counts the ways that n + m open parentheses and n − m close parentheses can be arranged to form the...
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family Lamiaceae that is native to Ecuador. The plant is named after William Lobb (1809–1864), the English plant collector. Montúfar, R.; Pitman, N. (2004)...
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was introduced to England in 1844 by the botanist and plant collector William Lobb, where it became a favorite fruit of Queen Victoria. It is also grown...
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Jane Crewdson, née Fox, was born here; William Jory Henwood, mining geologist was born at Perran Wharf; William Lobb (1809–1864), a plant collector was responsible...
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described the plant. This tree was first collected in California by William Lobb on his expedition to California of 1849–1853, after it was overlooked...
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family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. The plant is named after William Lobb (1809 – 1864), the English plant collector. Jaramillo, T.; Cornejo, X...
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present-day Port Discovery, Washington. Seed was sent to England in 1850 by William Lobb. In recent years it has been the main focus of a study group at the Rhododendron...
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Falmouth–1886) was an English ironmaster, civil engineer and Quaker minister. William Lobb (1809–1864), Cornish plant collector, employed by Veitch Nurseries of...
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22 – Bénédict Morel (died 1873), French psychiatrist. Date unknown – William Lobb (died 1864), English plant collector. May 17 – Leopold Auenbrugger (born...
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Pentridge (now Coburg). In 1843, William Lobb established a cattle farm on his allotment and the area became known as Lobb's Hill. A laneway down the side...
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to the influence of William Lobb, a famous Victorian nurseryman, botanist and plant hunter, who worked for the Williams family. Lobb repeatedly ventured...
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William Lobb (1855 — Laffay, France) 1855 William Morris (1998 — Austin, United Kingdom) William Shakespeare (1987 — Austin, United Kingdom) William Shakespeare...
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a native of the north of Peru, and was found by their collector, Mr. William Lobb, growing at an elevation of 6,000 feet, in woods near Molitre, in the...
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