Gairdner, Meredith, 1809-1837.

Meredith Gairdner was born in London in 1809. He received a medical degree from Edinburgh University. His personal interests included botany and geology. In 1832, Gairdner accepted a position as a physician for the Hudson's Bay Company. He served at Fort Vancouver (1833-1835), where he also studied the salmon of the Columbia River. He was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1835 and moved to Hawaii, where he died in 1837.

From the description of Papers, 1830-1841. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 36507369