Peter Good (date of birth unknown, died 12 June 1803) was the gardener assistant to botanist

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on the voyage of HMS ''Investigator'' under

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, during which the coast of

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was charted, and various plants collected.

Biography

Good had worked as a foreman at Kew Royal Gardens, during which time he had assisted botanist Christopher Smith in transporting a shipment of English plants to

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. He was working as a kitchen gardener at

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, when

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offered him the appointment as gardener to

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, at a salary of £105 a year.

The voyage

Good made an extensive

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collection during the voyage, and also collected plant specimens for both his own and Brown's collections. He died of dysentery in Sydney Cove, and his plant collection was incorporated into Brown's. Brown immensely admired his work ethic, and named the plant genus ''

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'' in his honour.''The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal'', Robert Jameson, William Jardine and Henry Darwin Rogers, A. and C. Black, 185
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Works

*''Journal of Peter Good, Gardener on Matthew Flinders' Voyage to Terra Australis, 1801–03'', Stationery Office Books, September 1981,

Reference section

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Natural History Museum
The Flinders 1801–1803 HMS Investigator Rock Collection {{DEFAULTSORT:Good, Peter 1803 deaths British horticulturists Explorers of Australia Botanical collectors active in Australia Year of birth unknown