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Coys, William (fl. 1600). Of Stubbers, N. Ockington, Essex. First flowered Yucca 1604. Lobel, 'Adversaria,' i. 501; ii. 471; Parkinson, Theatrum, 84.
Crabbe, Rev. George (1754-1882): b. Aldborough, Suffolk, 24 Dec, 1754; d. Trowbridge, Wilts, 3 Feb., 1832; bur. Trowbridge. Poet. Chaplain to Duke of Eutland at Belvoir, 1782. LL.B. Cant., 1784. Rector of Trowbridge, 1813-32. Wrote, but destroyed, 'Essay on Botany'; pub. list of pi. in Nichols' ' Hist. Leicestershire,' vol. i. Bot. Guide, 537; Hind. Fl. Suffolk, 479; Dict. Nat. Biog. xii., 428. Monument at Trowbridge. Portrs. by Pickersgill and by Phillips, engr. Crabbea Harv.
Cresswell, Rev. R. (fl. 1846). Of Salcombe Eegis, and Sidmouth, Devon. 'Flowering Pl. and Ferns of Sidmouth,' 1846. Experimented on Algae and sent specimens to Harvey.— Harvey, Phyc. Brit. 1. 16?, 160. Schizothriz Cresswellii Harv.
Crichton, Sir Alexander (1763-1856): b. Edinburgh, 2 Dec., 1763; d. June, 1856. M.D., Leyden, 1785; L.R.C.P., 1791; F.L.S., 1793; F.R.S., 1800. Knighted 1821. Physician to the Czar. 'Vegetable Eemains near Ballisadiere, co. Sligo,' Trans. Geol. Soc. Munk. ii. 416; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1857, XXV.; Proc. Roy. Soc. iii. (1856) 269; Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc. xiii. (1857) lxiv.; Dict. Nat. Biog. xiii. 85.
Crichton, James Smith (1841-87): b. Gaixfield, Arbroath, 2 April, 1841; d. Arbroath, 28 June, 1887. M.D. Edin., 1864; F.R.S. Edin., 1886. President Nat. Hist. Assoc. Arbroath. Helped to compile 'Flora of A.,' 1882. Trans. B. S. Edin. xvii. 522; Scott. Nat. 1887, 175.
Cripps, John Marten (1780?-1858): d. 3 Jan. 1853. F.L.S., 1803; M.A. Camb., 1803. Travelled in East with Dr. E. D. Clarke, and collected plants. At one time owned Pallas's Herb. Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 231.
Croall, Alexander (1809-85): b. near Brechin, 1809; d. Stirling, 19 May, 1885. Of Guthrie, Forfar. Local Sec. Bot. Soc. London, 1843; Ass. B. S. Edin., 1838. 'Plants of Braemar' (dried specimens), 1855; 'Nature-printed Brit. Seaweeds' [with Johnstone], 1859-60. Keeper of Museum and Herbarium, Derby, 1863. Parish schoolmaster; then curator. Smith Institute, Stirling, 1873. Herbarium at Stirling. Pritz. 157; Jacks. 242; E. S. C. ii. 95; vii. 460; Trans. Bot. Soc. Ed. xvi. 309; Smiles, 'Men of Invention'; Scott. Nat. 1885, 98, 148.
Crocker, C. W. (1832-68): b. Chichester, 1832?; d. Torquay, Devon, 19 Feb., 1868. Foreman at Kew. Afterwards verger, Chichester Cathedral. 'Germination of Cyrtandreæ.,' Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 1861. Gard. Chron. 1868, 242.
Crosfield, George (1785-1847): b. Warrington, 1785; d.
