John Fraser (botanist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Fraser (botanist)

botanist from Scotland

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1750

Place of Birth: Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Apr-1811

Profession: businessperson, botanist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

John Fraser, FLS, F.R.H.S., (14 October 1750 – 26 April 1811) was a Scottish botanist who collected plant specimens around the world, from North America and the West Indies to Russia and points between, with his primary career activity from 1780 to 1810.
Fraser was a commissioned plant collector for Catherine, Czar of Russia in 1795, Paul I of Russia in 1798, and for the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna in 1806; he issued nursery catalogues c.
1790 and 1796, and had an important herbarium that was eventually sold to the Linnean Society.