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2 unusual facts about Herbert James Walton


Herbert James Walton

ex Pampanini, discovered and collected by Walton at Gyangtse on the British Expedition to Tibet, was named for him by the Scottish botanist James Drummond, curator of the herbarium at the Calcutta Royal Botanic Gardens.

Choosing to serve in Bengal, Walton served on the North West Frontier in 1897-98, and in China in 1900 during the Relief of Peking.



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