William Hemsley (botanist)

William Botting Hemsley (December 29, 1843 in Sussex - October 7, 1924 in Kent) was an English botanist and 1909 Victoria Medal of Honour recipient.

He was born in East Hoathley, Sussex and started work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as an Improver, 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.^[1]

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

The standard author abbreviation Hemsl. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27hemsley%27%29. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Hemsley, William
Alternative names
Short description	English botanist
Date of birth	December 29, 1843
Place of birth
Date of death	October 7, 1924
Place of death