Hemsley, William Botting, (29 Dec. 1843–7 Oct. 1924), late Keeper of Herbarium and Library, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Hon. Member Natural History Society, Mexico

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Botanic Gardens ◽  
Natural History Society ◽  
Royal Botanic Gardens

Sir George Taylor, 15 February 1904 - 12 November 1993

1995 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 458-469
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Flowering Plant ◽  
Plant Taxonomy ◽  
Botanic Gardens ◽  
Botany Department ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Ideal Person ◽  
Royal Botanic Gardens ◽  
The Ideal

George Taylor was a major British figure in flowering plant taxonomy during the period from 1930 to 1970. A Scot, he was trained at Edinburgh University and was first employed (in 1928) in the Botany Department of the British Museum (Natural History) as assistant in the herbarium, then as Deputy Keeper of Botany and finally as Keeper, coming into contact with all the influential currents of plant taxonomy of his day. This experience, coupled with his life-long interest in gardening, made him the ideal person to become Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew when Sir Edward Salisbury retired in 1956. Taylor spent 15 very active years at Kew, and then, at an age when most are thinking of retiring, took on a new career as Director of the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust, a post which he held for 18 years until illness made it impossible for him to continue. Over this long period, his influence on flowering plant taxonomy and gardening in Britain and abroad was enormous and widely recognized.

Portraying plants: illustrations collections at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

2003 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn Ward ◽  
John Flanagan
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Botanic Gardens ◽  
Art Historians ◽  
Digital Strategy ◽  
Royal Botanic Gardens ◽  
Botanical Illustration

The Library & Archives at Kew hold one of the world’s greatest collections of botanical illustration, assembled over the last 200 years. A resource well-known to the natural history community, it contains much to interest art historians. Using this historically rich heritage our forward thinking includes acquisition of more contemporary items and the formulation of a digital strategy for 21st-century access and exploitation.

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