Author: Nicol Alexander Dalzell
Alternate names: Nicholas Alexander Dalzell
Born: 21 April 1817
Died: January 1878
Bio: A Scottish botanist, one of the first persons to form the link between forest denudation and the impact of rainfall upon the wider countryside (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol_Alexander_Dalzell>Wikipedia</a>).