Ernest Edward Galpin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernest Edward Galpin

South African botanist and banker

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1858

Place of Birth: Makhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Date of Death: 16-Oct-1941

Profession: businessperson, botanist, explorer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Ernest Edward Galpin (1858–1941), was a South African botanist and banker.
He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts.
Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.
Numerous species are named after him such as Acacia galpinii, Bauhinia galpinii, Cyrtanthus galpinii, Kleinia galpinii, Kniphofia galpinii, Streptocarpus galpinii and Watsonia galpinii.
He is commemorated in the genus Galpinia N.E.Br.
as is his farm in the genus Mosdenia Stent.