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February 17 ❮❮ ❯❯ Also Born on February 17 Arcangelo Corellicomposer and violinist (1653) Samuel Sidney McClureeditor and publisher (1857) Thomas John Watson, Sr.industrialist…
(Encyclopedia) Lindley, John, 1799–1865, English botanist and horticulturist. He organized the first flower shows in England and was influential in preserving the Royal Gardens at Kew (see Kew…
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