William Hemsley (botanist)
Template:Short description Template:DMCA 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. Page Template:Botanist/styles.css has no content.The standard author abbreviation Hemsl. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
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
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.William Botting Hemsley (1873). Handbook of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants: Based on the French Work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin Entitled 'Manuel de L'amateur Des Jardins,' and Including the Original Woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Estes & Lauriat.
- 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
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.International Plant Names Index. Hemsl.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hemsley, William (1893). "Early Reminiscences of Kew". The Journal of the Kew Guild. 1 (1): 31–38. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hemsleya Cogn. ex F.B.Forbes & Hemsl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
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External links
- William Botting Hemsley finding aid collection held at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew archives.
