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Dec 06, 1858 Makhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa Died on 16 Oct 1941 (aged 82)
South African botanist and banker
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About Ernest Edward Galpin
- Ernest Edward Galpin (1858–1941), was a South African botanist and banker.
- He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts.
- Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.
- Numerous species are named after him such as Acacia galpinii, Bauhinia galpinii, Cyrtanthus galpinii, Kleinia galpinii, Kniphofia galpinii, Streptocarpus galpinii and Watsonia galpinii.
- He is commemorated in the genus Galpinia N.E.Br.
- as is his farm in the genus Mosdenia Stent.
