British botanist (1817-1895).
David Lyall (1817–1895) MD, RN, FLS, was a Scottish botanist who explored Antarctica, New Zealand, the Arctic and North America and was a lifelong friend of Sir Joseph Hooker. He was born in Auchenblae, Kincardineshire, Scotland on 1 June 1817. He graduated in medicine from Aberdeen, having previously been admitted a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Lyall entered the Royal Navy in 1839 and was immediately appointed, on 6 June, as assistant surgeon on HMS Terror, under Captain Francis Crozier (1796–1848), one of the two ships forming Sir James Clark Ross's Expedition to
Abbreviations: Lyall
Occupations: scientific collector, physician, explorer, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Dates: 1817-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1895-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Kincardineshire
Authorship mentions: 1 plant, 0 fungi