Robert Thompson

1798–1869 (age 71)

Biography

Robert Thompson devoted his life to pomology, cultivating an intimate knowledge of fruit trees and sharing that knowledge to enrich the gardens and orchards of his day.

He passed away in 1869, and his interment in Brompton Cemetery marks the resting place of a gardener whose work bore sweet fruit for others to enjoy.

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