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3 unusual facts about John Medley Wood


John Medley Wood

Wood was born in Mansfield to a lawyer James Riddall Wood and Hannah Healy Weaver.

John Medley Wood (1 December 1827 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England - 26 August 1915 Durban) was a South African botanist who contributed greatly to the knowledge of Natal ferns, is generally credited with the establishment of sugarcane mosaic virus immune Uba sugar cane in Natal and for his extensive collection of Natal plants.

For health reasons he moved further inland to Inanda in 1868, where he ran a trading store and did some farming.



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