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David Prain

1857 - 1944

Born

11 July 1857

Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Died

16/03/1944

Well Farm, Godstone Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey, England

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
11/05/1905
Fields of Interest
Botany
Occupation
Botanist
Relationships
Parents: David Prain, a native of Inchture near Dundee, and Mary, daughter of George Thomson, farmer and miller, of the Vale of Alford, Aberdeenshire. Spouse: Margaret Caird (d. 1942), daughter of the Revd William Thomson, of Belhevie, Aberdeen (1887). Children: Theodore Prain, killed in the First World War whilst serving as a lieutenant in the Leicestershire Regiment.