William Hemsley (botanist)




William Botting Hemsley (East Hoathly 29 December 1843 – 7 October 1924 Kent) was an English botanist and 1909 Victoria Medal of Honour recipient.


He was born in East Hoathly, Sussex and in 1860 started work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as an Improver,[1] then Assistant for India in the Herbarium, finally Keeper of Herbarium and Library. He wrote a number of botanical works.


He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1889.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Publications


    • 1.1 Designation




  • 2 References


  • 3 External links





Publications




  • 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



Designation




References





  1. ^ Hemsley, William (1893). "Early Reminiscences of Kew". The Journal of the Kew Guild. 1 (1): 31–38. Retrieved 10 August 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 18 November 2010.


  3. ^ IPNI.  Hemsl.





External links



  • William Botting Hemsley finding aid collection held at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew archives.












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