William Fawcett (botanist)

William Fawcett
Born	1851
Died	1926
Fields	Botany

William Fawcett (1851-1926) was a British botanist and coauthor of the Flora of Jamaica.

Fawcett was Director of Public Gardens and Plantations in Jamaica from 1887 to 1908. He then returned to Britain where he worked with Alfred Barton Rendle to produce the first few volumes of the Flora of Jamaica.^[1]

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

References

^ Arditti, Joseph (1996). "Book Review: Orchids of Jamaica. Ancile Gloudon and Cicely Tobisch (1995)". Plant Science Bulletin 42 (1): 19–20. http://www.botany.org/plantsciencebulletin/psb-1996-42-1.php.
^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

External links

Flora of Jamaica, containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island, by William Fawcett and Alfred Barton Rendle. London 1910. at the Biodiversity Heritage Library [1]

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Name	Fawcett, William
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Date of birth	1851
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Date of death	1926
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