...Bradbury was born near Stalybridge in Lancashire and worked in a cotton mil. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1792. While living in Manchester he petitioned the trustees of the Liverpool Botanic Garden to fund a visit America to collect plants (with a provision that he would work on improving the supply of cotton from United States). Competition - Lewis-Clark.org Retrieved October 24, 2007 Read full entry

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