- Birthplace
- Chichester, United Kingdom
- Professions
- explorer, botanist, naval officer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Incompatible birth dates
Sources disagree: January 23, 1796 (archive.org) or in 1795 (Union List of Artist Names; Open Library; Artnet; Harvard Index of Botanists; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; BnF authorities; Trove; Faceted Application of Subject Terminology; The Peerage; Integrated Authority File; Alvin; Lord Byron and his Times; SNAC; LIBRIS; International Plant Names Index; Biodiversity Heritage Library; author citation in botany and mycology; British Museum person-institution thesaurus).
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in 1795
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Questions people ask
Where was George Francis Lyon born?
George Francis Lyon was born in Chichester, United Kingdom.
When did George Francis Lyon die?
George Francis Lyon died on October 8, 1832.