George Henry Caton Haigh
George Henry Caton Haigh (1860 – 11 February 1941) FZS, MBOU, DL, was a world authority on Himalayan flowering trees and exotic plants. He was also a famous ornithologist and his manuscript collection is lodged in The Natural History Museum.
George Henry Caton Haigh FZS, MBOU, DL | |
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| Born | 1860 |
| Died | 11 February 1941 |
| Nationality | British |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
He was the eldest of five sons and three daughters of George Henry Haigh DL JP (1829–1887), of a Lincolnshire landed gentry family of Scottish origin, and Emma Jane Adelaide (1828–1919), daughter of politician Sir Robert Way Harty, 1st Baronet, of Dublin.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1912.
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