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Botanist, born in Beccles, Suffolk, E England, UK. He studied medicine at Edinburgh, and accompanied Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles as naturalist to Sumatra, where he died. He discovered the largest flower known, Rafflesia arnoldi.

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Biographical entry at Bright Sparcs Biographical entry: Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
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NAME Arnold, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Surgeon, Naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH Beccles, England
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1818
PLACE OF DEATH Padang, Indonesia

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