Photo #58902
Last Name: Alexander
First Name: A.
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Subject's City: Hamilton
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Subject's Country: Canada
Date: 1851-1900
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Comments: A. Alexander (Nee: ) | Hamilton Canada | 1851-1900 | Comments: This portrait of Mr. A. Alexander appears on page 417 of The Canadian Horticulturist, vol.XXI, no.11, November, 1898. There is a biographical sketch of him on pages 417-420 of that voluem. See that reference for more information.
He was born in Errol in the Valley of Tay (Carse O' Gowrie), Perthshire, Scotland. When young he was of poor health. He took an interest in horticulture and floriculture and apprenticed in Scotland and later worked in England. He graduated from Homerton College in London and then moved to Yorkshire where he lived for 14 years. There he worked as a teacher and dabbled in botany. In 1871 he brought his family to Canada. They settled in Hamilton where he worked until 1884. He actively participated in several horitcultural and science associations and was president of the Hamilton Horticultural Society. That is all the information I have on h
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