William Hemsley (botanist)
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates William Botting Hemsley (29 December 1843, in East Hoathly – 7 October 1924, in Kent) was an English botanist and 1909 Victoria Medal of Honour recipient. <templatestyles src="Botanist/styles.css"/>The standard author abbreviation Hemsl. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]Template:Main other
He was born in East Hoathly, Sussex and in 1860 started work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as an Improver,[2] then Assistant for India in the Herbarium, finally Keeper of Herbarium and Library. He wrote a number of botanical works.
In 1888, a genus of flowering plants from south-east Asia, belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae was named Hemsleya in his honour.[3]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1889.[4]
Publications
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- Biologica Centrali-Americana Botany. Vol. I , 1879–1888
- Biologica Centrali-Americana Botany. Vol. III, 1882–1886
- Botany of the Bermudas and various other Islands of the Atlantic and Southern Oceans, 1885
- Botany of Juan Fernandez, South-eastern Molluccas, and the Admiralty Islands, 1885
- An Enumeration of All the Plants Known from China Proper, Formosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago, and the Island of Hong Kong. with Francis B. Forbes, 1887
References
External links
- William Botting Hemsley finding aid collection held at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew archives.