Douglas David 1798-1834 Made Extensive Botanical Collections On
the Pacific coast of North America, for the Horticultural Society of
London, 1824-1826. Crossed the continent from Fort Vancouver, on the
Columbia, to Hudson Bay; met Sir John Franklin there and returned with
him to England. Came out again to the Columbia River on a similar
mission, 1829, and went from there to the Hawaiian Islands, where he was
killed. The gigantic Douglas fir named after him.