Historical Research

Information on hstorical botanists is being compiled by Chris Liffen on Meiosis, and if you have any information on the people covered there, or would like to contribute, then do get in touch with Chris.

Herbaria at Home

The Herbaria at Home web site contains much new information about historical botanists, whose lives can be studied through the specimens the collected and the places they visited. It contains short biographies and charts and maps of their activities. Visit Herb at Home for more information.

Publications

Watsonia and other BSBI publications such as Proceedings and the BEC Reports, contain many obituaries and biographies of botanists. There are indexes to the papers and the journals can be searched using Google. Visit our Digital Archive for more information.

Obituaries

The BSBI now publishes obituaries of recently deceased botanists in its Yearbook, and these will be included in this web page. In some cases a longer version can be provided here, including colour photos which it was not possible to publish in the Yearbook. Here are the first ones:

>> Barbara Ballinger (1941-2010)

>> Joan Banks (1937-2011)

>> Elaine Bullard (1915-2011)

>> Ann Conolly (1917-2010)

>> Joan Duncan (1916-2012)

>> Peter Fry (1935-2010)

>> David Humphreys (1916-2011)

>> Paul Jarvis (1935-2013)

>> Alan Knapp (1947-2010)

>> Margaret Long (1932-2012)

>> Philip Nethercott (1918-2011)

>> Richard Pankhurst (1940-2013)

>> Ronald Payne (1922-2010)

>> Antony Primavesi (1917-2011)

>> Elizabeth Rich (1935-2012)

>> Maura Scannell (1924-2011)

>> Charles Sinker (1931-2010)

>> George Swan (1917-2012)

>> Lawrence Spalton (1920-2011)

>> Peter Taylor (1926-2011)

>> Stephanie Thomson (1925-2011)

>> Peter Wormell (1930-2012)