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Collectors: | Wilson, William, 1799-1871. | |
Title: | William Wilson Papers | |
Dates: | 1800-1869 | |
Quantity: | 0.8 linear feet; 2 boxes | |
Call Phrase: | WWILSON (PP) |
William Wilson (1799-1871) was a British bryologist noted for his publication Bryologia Britannica: containing the mosses of Great Britain and Ireland (1855). He collaborated with Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker on Musci Antarctici (1839-43) based on botanical collections from the southern circumpolar regions. He was born 7 June 1799 in Warrington, England and died 3 April 1871 in Paddington, near Warrington.
The collection consists of correspondence covering the entirety of Wilson’s botanical career.
Arrangement |
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The collection is organized into one series: | ||
Series 1: Correspondence. 1800-1869. Arranged alphabetically. |
This collection is open for research with permission from Mertz Library staff.
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be submitted in writing to the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. | ||
Persons | ||
Greville, Robert Kaye, 1794-1866. | ||
Sowerby, James de Carle, 1787-1871. | ||
Spruce, Richard, 1817-1893. | ||
Taylor, Thomas, d. 1848. | ||
Subjects | ||
Bryophyta -- Great Britain. | ||
Musci -- Antarctica. | ||
New York Botanical Garden Archives. | ||
Wilson, William 1799-1871 -- Archives. |
New York Botanical Garden Archives
RG4--Elizabeth Gertrude Britton Collection
William Wilson Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden.
The William Wilson collection was presented to Elizabeth Gertrude Britton by William T. Thiselton-Dyer, Director of the Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, England, in 1891.
Originally processed by David Rose, Archives Assistant, May 2000 with grant funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 23141-98) and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation. Converted to EAD in August 2006 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 50678-04).