George Nicholson (1847–1908)

Gardener and botanist. Worked in gardens and nurseries in Sheffield, Paris, and Clapton. Clerk to the curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1873; curator, 1886–1901. Travelled extensively in Europe. A judge in the horticultural section of the Chicago Exhibition, 1893. Devoted much time to reorganising the arboretum at Kew under Joseph Hooker’s direction. Author of An illustrated dictionary of gardening (1884–7).