William Montgomerie
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title:
William Montgomerie
text:
William Montgomerie (1797–1856) was a Scottish military doctor with the East India Company, and later head of the medical department at Singapore. He is best known for promoting the use of gutta-percha in Europe. This material was an important natural rubber that made submarine telegraph cables possible. Montgomerie was involved in spice cultivation as head of the Singapore botanical experimental gardens and at his personal estate in Singapore. The latter never became economically viable, but he
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Scottish surgeon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Montgomerie
date created:
2018-11-24T15:39:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T23:03:06Z
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