Octavius William Borrell

Octavius William Borrell (19 January 1916 – 18 July 2007) was a Marist Brother, missionary school teacher and botanist.

Octavius William Borrell was born in Greek Smyrna (today İzmir, Turkey) on 19 January 1916.

[5][6] With a colleague at the museum, Brother Paul August, together they wrote the manuscript, Flore de Changhai.

[5] The contents of the Musée Heude was ultimately divided between several different government institutions, including the Shanghai Natural History Museum.

Borrell continued to teach in schools, including in Dumfries, Scotland, in Malaya, Sarawak, and Taiwan.

Grave markers of Octavius William Borrell and Kevin Agnew, in the Marist Brothers plot of the Catholic Cemetery, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia