David Burton
Deceased Person
– 1792
Who was David Burton?
David Burton was a botanist and surveyor in early colonial New South Wales.
He arrived in the colony in 1791 as superintendent of convicts, and with a private commission to collect plant and seed specimens for Sir Joseph Banks. He was immediately set to work surveying around Parramatta.
Late in 1791, Arthur Phillip asked Burton to write a report on the quality of the soil in the Parramatta region. During the course of his work, Burton made was is now recognised as one of the earliest recorded observations on soil allelopathy:
Burton collected a great many specimens for Banks over the following year, but in 1792 he accidentally shot himself while exploring the Nepean River.
The plant genus Burtonia is named in his honour.
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