John Galpine (1771 – 6 January 1806) was a British nurseryman and botanical writer. Galpine was born at

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. He was elected an associate of the

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on 20 February 1798. He published ''Synoptical Compend of the British Flora'', a translation of Sir James Edward Smith's ''Compendium florae Britannicae'' (1800): Galpine's preface was dated at Blandford, 1 January 1806, but he died on 6 January. After his death three enlarged editions of the work were printed by a London bookseller, dated respectively 1819, 1829, 1834.

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