Emily Collins

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British botanist (1858-1945)

United Kingdom ScientistsLived 1858 to 1945 · aged 87

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Elian Emily Collins was an English botanist, naturalist and an early collector of plant specimens in Thailand. She discovered several plant species new to science and had numerous species named after her. Her estate was settled in 1953 when she left her house, Collinston to the British Embassy.

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Actephila collinsiae Hunter ex Craib. Named in honour of Emily Collins. Gardenology.org

Emily Collins at her home in Bangkok, wearing her MBE award. The house was bequeathed to the British Government and became for a while the British Embassy.

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Member of the Order of the British Empire

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Alexander Bradshaw37.0 Ronald William John Keay37.0

Percy F. Frankland37.0

Francis Arthur Bather37.0

Philip Hartog37.1

Raymond Hide37.0

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