<P> Redcliffe Nathan Salaman (12 September 1874--12 June 1955) was a British botanist and potato breeder . His landmark work was the 1949 book on the History and Social influence of the Potato . </P> <P> Salaman was born in Kensington, London on 12 September 1874 and was the ninth of fifteen children born to his parents Sarah Solomon and Myer Salaman who was a wealthy merchant who traded in ostrich feathers at the height of the plume trade . </P> <P> Salaman was married twice, first to Nina Ruth Davis in 1901 with whom he had six children including a cancer researcher, a doctor, the engineer Raphael Salaman, the artist Ruth Collet and the singer Esther Salaman . Nina died in 1925 and in 1926 Salaman met and married Gertrude who survived him . </P>

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