# George King

> Sir George King was a British botanist who was appointed superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta in 1871, and became the first director of the Botanical Survey of India from 1890. He was recognised for his work in the cultivation of cinchona and for setting up a system for the inexpensive distribution of the anti-malarial quinine throughout India through the postal system.

*British botanist (1840-1909)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1840-04-12
- **Died:** 1909-02-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [乔治·金 (植物学家)](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%94%E6%B2%BB%C2%B7%E9%87%91_(%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%AD%A6%E5%AE%B6))
- [جورج كينغ](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA)
- [جورج كينج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC)
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- [George King (botaniste)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_King_(botaniste))
- [ジョージ・キング (植物学者)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0_(%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%AD%A6%E8%80%85))
- [George King (botânico)](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_King_(bot%C3%A2nico))
- [Кинг, Джордж (биолог)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_(%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3))
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