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WILLIAM WILSON PAPERS (1800-1869)
8 linear inches (2 boxes)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

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 June 7, 1799 in Warrington, England and died April 3, 1871, in Paddington, near Warrington.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection consists of correspondence covering the entirety of Wilson's botanical career.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Series 1: Correspondence

Series 1     Correspondence, 1800-1869
                   0.8 lin. in. Arranged alphabetically.

There are 43 files of correspondence on the collection, identification, and description of mosses. Notable authors include Robert K. Greville, George Jasper Lyon, Alexander McKinlay, James de Carle Soweby, Richard Spruce, and Thomas Taylor.

PROVENANCE NOTE

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.

RELATED COLLECTIONS

The New York Botanical Garden

RG4 Elizabeth Gertrude Britton Collection
 

Processed May 2000 by David Rose under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) PA-23141-98 and a grant from the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation.


For more information and a complete description contact:
Susan Fraser, NYBG Archivist
The LuEsther T. Mertz Library
The New York Botanical Garden
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