Thomas Gage (botanist)
British botanist
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| Intro | British botanist | |
| A.K.A. | Thomas Gage | |
| A.K.A. | Thomas Gage | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| was | Scientist Botanist | |
| Work field | Science | |
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| Birth | 2 March 1781 | |
| Death | 27 December 1820Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy (aged 39 years) |
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Sir Thomas Gage, 7th Baronet (1781 – 27 December 1820, Rome) was an English botanist, from a junior branch of the Gage family of Firle, Sussex. The woodland flower Gagea is named in his honour.
He married, Mary-Anne Browne, the daughter of Valentine Browne, 1st Earl of Kenmare
In his herbarium, he had various plant specimens including Iris subbiflora.