Joseph Robert Sealy

Joseph Robert Sealy
Born 1907
Died August 1, 2000
Nationality British
Known for Camellia
Author abbrev. (botany) Sealy
Spouse Stella Ross-Craig

Joseph Robert Sealy (b. 1907 - d. August 1, 2000 ) was an English botanist. His career in Botany in 1925,working at Kew Gardens, with Thomas Archibald Sprague in the tropical crops section. Later (1927) he worked in the Herbarium with Arthur William Hill. He was appointed Assistant Botanist in 1940. His specialty was the Flora of China, especially Camellia.

In his personal life he was married to fellow botanist and colleague, Stella Ross-Craig (1906-2006).

Publications

He is the botanical author of iris graeberiana, which was first published in Botanical Magazine 167: t. 126 in 1950.[3]

References

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