Talk:John Emilie Nelson
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Dates are fake[edit]
No genuine source cited by original author of Wikipedia page for these dates. All that has been previously documented is that he was an arboriculturist at Lymington, Hampshire. Possibly = John Emilie Nelson. Superintendent of New Forest nurseries, Lymington, born c. 1826, died 20 January 1867. see Find a grave. 2603:8000:B640:547F:A008:9DCB:D4A3:42A5 00:32, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, this is him. A death notice in The Courier and Argus (Dundee, Tayside, Scotland) · 1 Feb 1867, Fri · Page 4, confirms this was "Mr. John E. Nelson, author of 'Pinaceae'." sources differ on whether he died on 20 or 26 January. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 2603:8000:b640:547f:28f0:b4fb:de18:fc1f (talk) 14:41, 6 October 2022