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111:(1905). Gilfillan sent his specimens to Galpin, who incorporated them in his herbarium under Gilfillan's name. Galpin's herbarium later formed the nucleus of the government herbarium in 345: 396: 55:: this meeting initiated a life-long friendship between the two. Gilfillan married Sophia Maria Magdalena de Jong, and Galpin married her sister, Marie Elizabeth. 51:
in 1888 and carried on a legal practise there until 1893. During that time he joined the Barberton Scientific and Literary Society and met the plant collector
96:. When the Boer War ended Gilfillan was appointed a member of the special criminal court for Johannesburg and acting magistrate for Boksburg and Germiston. 371: 391: 381: 324: 303: 84:. The Reform Committee members were tried and sentenced to death. This sentence was later reduced to a fine of £2000. Sir 99:
Gilfillan collected over 500 botanical specimens. These were collected in the areas around Johannesburg (1898- 1899),
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who were looking for an increased political role for immigrants. Gilfillan was jailed with many others following the
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paid Gilfillan's fine and he was released and continued his legal practice. Gilfillan served as a captain in the
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The story of the Imperial Light Horse in the South African War, 1899-1902
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125: 112: 93: 108: 190:"Gilfillan, Mr Douglas Flemmer (ornithology, plant collection)" 139: 44: 219: 162: 160: 158: 156: 19:(1865–1948) was a South African lawyer and plant collector. 153: 207: 194:
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The following plant species were named in his honour:
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to the Supreme Court of the Cape Colony. He moved to
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law firm of Reid & Nephew, he was admitted as a
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Index

Cradock, Eastern Cape
articled clerk
Cape Town
solicitor
notary
Barberton
Ernest Edward Galpin
Johannesburg
Bowman Gilfillan
Transvaal Republic
Reform Committee
Uitlanders
Jameson Raid
Abe Bailey
Imperial Light Horse
Boer War
Middelburg, Eastern Cape
Heidelberg, Gauteng
Witbank
Pretoria
Canthium
Zygophyllum
Europs




Gunn & Codd 1981

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