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Article: Garden, Alexander (1730?-1791)
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Alexander Garden (1730?-1791)
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Naturalist
Origins.
To a student of natural science born and raised in cold and rugged Scotland the lush forests and semitropical coastal lands of South Carolina must have seemed a kind of paradise. Alexander Garden emigrated there in his early twenties, shortly after completing his studies in the great intellectual center of Edinburgh and receiving his M.D. degree in 1753. In Prince William County, South Carolina, he entered practice as a physician to wealthy planters.
New Surroundings.
Garden was enthralled by his new home. Virtually every plant and animal was new to the young doctor, and he was eager to share his interests and discoveries ...