David Burke was one of the most widely travelled plant collectors, who was sent by James Veitch & Sons to collect plants in British Guiana, Burma and Colombia. In his later life, Burke became rather eccentric, preferring the privations of life away from his native England.
- Occupation
- botanist, botanical collector
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- 1854
- Died
- April 11, 1897
