Wednesday, January 22, 2014

George Slavkov; George Wortley; George Scott RIIIIIIP: Great Scottttt's Farmers!!!!

Three George's passing away within two days (Jan 20 & 21) is a resurgence and addition to the "George/Farmer" pattern-cluster:
Important in this, is to realize the etymology of the name to mean : "Farmer/Earth worker". Out of curiosity mostly, I googled "George Botanist", only to be shocked by the first leads that cropped up:
George Forrest (botanist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Forrest_(botanist)George Forrest (1873–1932) was a Scottish botanist, who became one of the first explorers of China's then remote southwestern province of Yunnan, generally ...
George Gardner (botanist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gardner_(botanist)George Gardner (1810, Ardentinny – 1849, Kandy) was a Scottish naturalist mainly interested in botany. Gardner's father was a gardener first to the Earl of ...
Note the following from the wiki page of George Forrest:
George Forrest (1873–1932) was a Scottish botanist
On 5 January 1932, while hunting game in the hills near Tengchong, the town wherein Forrest traditionally set up his base, he suffered a massive heart attack and died instantly.
As to George Gardner's wiki page, this is the only thing that stood out:
George Gardner (1810, Ardentinny – 1849, Kandy) was a Scottish naturalist mainly interested in botany. 
They were both "Scot's" ... meaningful given my previous posts, an addition to the "Scot/Schott/Taxes..." pattern -cluster.  

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