John Cameron became a member of the Rhodesia Scientific Association in 1905. Before that, in December 1903, he read a paper on "Characteristics of Rhodesian soils" before is members. The paper was published in the association's Proceedings (Vol. 4, pp. 52-66).

He may be the same person as John Cameron who published two articles, "The fruits of Mysore" [in India] (1889) and "Hybrid coffee in Mysore" (1898), in Kew Bulletin.

List of sources:

FamilySearch: John Cameron. https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.anyPlace=Southern Rhodesia&q.givenName=John&q.surname=Cameron

Rhodesia Scientific Association. Proceedings, 1903-1906, Vol. 4 and 6.

Royal Society of London. Catalogue of scientific papers [1800-1900]. London: Royal Society, 1867-1925.

Compiled by: C. Plug

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