John Sanderson (1820–81)

Scottish journalist, trader, botanical collector, and horticulturist. Worked as a journalist in the Scottish press before emigrating to Durban, South Africa, in 1850. Secretary of the Natal Times Company from 1851. Undertook trading expeditions to the interior of Natal. Representative in municipal and provincial government. President of the Natal Agricultural and Horticultural Society. Supplied Joseph Dalton Hooker and William Henry Harvey with specimens and drawings of South African plants.