George William Francis was an English horticulturalist and science writer. He migrated to the colony of South Australia in 1849 and became the first director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden in 1860. Wikipedia
Born: 1800, London, United Kingdom
Died: August 9, 1865 (age 65 years)
Books
Chemical Experiments; Illustrating the Theory, Practice, and Application of the Science of Chemistry ...
1842
The Dictionary of Practical Receipts; Containing the Arcana of Trade and Manufacture; Domestic Economy; Artistical, Ornamental & Scientific Processes; Pharmaceutical and Chemical Preparations, Etc. (Third Edition.).
1848
The Dictionary of Practical Receipts: Containing the Arcana of Trade and Manufacture; Domestic Economy ... Etc
1848
The dictionary of the arts, sciences, and manufactures
1842
The Grammar of Botany
1840
Manual of practical Levelling, particularly as applicable to Railways and Canals
1846