John Lindley 1799-1865: Gardener - Botanist and Pioneer Orchidologist Bi-centenary Celebration Vol by Williamt Stearn

John Lindley 1799-1865: Gardener - Botanist and Pioneer Orchidologist Bi-centenary Celebration Vol by Williamt Stearn

John Lindley is honoured nowadays as the foremost British orchidologist of the nineteenth century, indeed by some as 'the father of orchidology'. He is especially remembered for his fundamental achievement in the classification, description and naming of orchids. He established more than 120 genera of Orchidaceae. However, he was also among the most industrious and productive of the nineteenth century botanists. As administrator, professor, horticulturist, taxonomist, editor, journalist and botanical artist he used his time to the full. His forthright report on the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew saved it from destruction and provided a view of the potentialities which led ultimately to the development of Kew into a world-important institution. This volume commemorates the bi-centenary of his birth. Professor Stearn sketches Lindley's career as a whole and the distinguished panel of contributors he has brought together then give more detailed treatment to Lindley's roles as orchidologist, as palaeobo

'As with other publications by the Antique Collectors' Club the book is beautifully produced' Gardens Illustrated

Wilfrid Blunt was Senior Drawing Master at Eton College. An Associate of the Royal College of Art and a fellow of the Linnean Society of London, he authored a number of biographies and books on European art and botany. His The Art of Botanical Illustration has become a standard work of reference. He died in 1987. William T. Stearn was a distinguished botanist, previously of the British Museum (Natural History), now the Natural History Museum. The former president of the Linnean Society, he died in 2001.

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ISBN 13	9781851492961
ISBN 10	1851492968
Title	John Lindley 1799-1865: Gardener - Botanist and Pioneer Orchidologist Bi-centenary Celebration Vol
Author	Williamt Stearn
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	ACC Art Books
Year published	1998-10-27
Number of pages	216
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