William West (botanist)

William West Sr. FLS (22 February 1848 in Leeds – 14 May 1914 in Bradford) was a British botanist, particularly noted for his studies of freshwater algae.^[1]^[2] He had sons named William (1875–1901) and George Stephen (1876–1919), both also botanists.^[1]^[2]

The standard author abbreviation West is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[3]

Selected publications

West, W. 1892. Algae of the English Lake District. J. Roy. Microscop. Soc. pp.713-48.
West, W. 1892. A contribution to the freshwater algae of west Ireland. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 29: 103 - 216.
West, W. and West G.S. 1896. On some new and interesting freshwater algae. J. Roy. Microscop. Soc. 16 149 et seq
West, W. 1912. Clare Island Survey: Fresh-water algae with a supplement of marine diatoms. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 31 (1911 - 15) section 1, part 6.
West, W. and West G.S. 1897. Welwitsch's African freshwater algae. J. of Bot. 35: 1 et seq.
West, W. and West, G.S. 1902. A contribution to the freshwater algae of the north of Irelad. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 32 (1): 1 - 100.
West, W. and West, G.S. 1903. Notes on freshwater Algae. III. Journ. bot. pp.33 et seq.
West, W. and West, G.S. 1904, 1905, 1908, 1912. A monograph of the British Desmidiaceae. Volumes I - IV. London. The Ray Society.
West, W. and West, G.S. 1906. A comparative study of the plankton of some Irish Lakes. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 33B: 70 - 116.
West, W. and West, G.S. 1909. The British freshwater phytoplankton, with special reference to the desmid-plankton and the distribution of British desmids. Proceedings of the Royal Society 81B, 165 - 206.
West, W., West, G.S. and Carter, N. 1923 A monograph of the British Desmidiacese. Volume V. London. The Ray Society.

References

^ ^a ^b W. Denison Roebuck (July 1914). "In Memory of William West". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 52: 161–164. http://www.archive.org/stream/journalofbotanyb52trim#page/n175/mode/2up.
^ ^a ^b Ed. Guiry, M.D., John, D.M., Rindi, F. and McCarthy, T.K.2007. New Survey of Clare Island. Volume 6: The Freshwater and Terestial Algae. Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 978-1-904890-31-7.
^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

External links

William West at Herbaria@home

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Name	West, William
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Date of birth	22 February 1848
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Date of death	14 May 1914
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