William Paterson (Explorer)
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Colonel William Paterson (17 August 1755 21 June 1810) was a Scottish soldier, explorer, Lieutenant governor and botanist best known for leading early settlement in Tasmania. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Paterson when citing a botanical name.A native of Montrose, Scotland, Paterson was intested in botany as a boy. Paterson was sent to the Cape Colony by the wealthy and eccentric Countess of Strathmore to collect plants, he arrived in Table Bay on board the "Houghton" in May 1777. He made four trips into the interior between May...