Allan Black


Allan Adamson Black was a Scottish botanist.
Black was the fourth son of Reverend John Black of Perthshire
In 1853, Black became the first curator of Kew Herbarium, where he served until 1864.. He was also superintendent of the Lal Bagh botanic garden in Bangalore, India.
Black died on the H.M.S. Dalhousie off the Cocos Islands on 4 December 1865..