Dawson Turner (1775-1858) was a botanist and antiquary. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Manuscripts of Dawson Turner, including:
The manuscripts were purchased in 1859.
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Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, nos. 28722-7.
Barker | Edmund Henry | 1788-1839 | Classical Scholar
Chalmers | George | 1742-1825 | Antiquary and Public Servant
Moore | Thomas | fl 1708-1722 | Collector of Customs
Shakespeare | William | 1564-1616 | Dramatist
Tanner | Thomas | 1674-1735 | Bishop of St Asaph and antiquary
Turner | Dawson | 1775-1858 | Botanist and Antiquary
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