Category:William Paterson (explorer)

**William Paterson**
	Scottish soldier and botanist in Tasmania (1755-1810)
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Date of birth	17 August 1755; Montrose
Date of death	21 June 1810; Cape Horn
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland;
Occupation	explorer; botanist; politician;
Member of	Royal Society;
Position held	Governor of New South Wales;
Native language	English;
Award received	Fellow of the Royal Society;
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	Q1716747; ISNI: 0000000080943578; VIAF ID: 14941228; GND ID: 129377775; Library of Congress authority ID: n85049054; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13576067m; IdRef ID: 053467809; NL CR AUT ID: mzk2009509871; National Library of Israel ID (old): 000468009; National Library of Spain ID: XX1741845; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 298134977; NORAF ID: 14011745; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 21539; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007272019805171; SBN author ID: TO0V603506; Open Library ID: OL1133803A; botanist author abbreviation: Paterson
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English: Colonel William Paterson, FRS (17 August 1755 – 21 June 1810) was a Scottish soldier, explorer, Lieutenant governor and botanist best known for leading early settlement in Tasmania. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Paterson when citing a botanical name.

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