William T. Stearn (1911–2001)
Auteur van Botanical Latin
Over de Auteur
William T. Stearn (1911-2001) was one of the outstanding botanists of the twentieth century, with an international reputation for research on plants, nomenclature, and the history of botany. He was librarian at the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library for many years and later worked as a toon meer botanist at London's Natural History Museum. Among his many honors, he was awarded the R.H.S.'s Veitch and Victoria Medals, the Linnean Medal, the American Society of Plant Taxonomists' Asa Gray Award, and Sweden's Order of the North Star. Stearn was a prolific author, writing some 470 articles, monographs, and books on botany, bibliography, and horticulture toon minder
Fotografie: William Thomas Stearn CBE
Werken van William T. Stearn
Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners: A Handbook on the Origin and Meaning of the Botanical Names of Some… (1706) 86 exemplaren
The Genus Epimedium and Other Herbaceous Berberidaceae (A Botanical Magazine Monograph) (2002) 25 exemplaren
The Natural History Museum at South Kensington: A History of the Museum 1753-1980 (1981) 19 exemplaren
John Lindley, 1799-1865 : gardener-botanist and pioneer orchidologist : bicentenary celebration volume (1999) 6 exemplaren
Peonies of Greece : a taxonomic and historical survey of the genus Paeonia in Greece (1984) 3 exemplaren
Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778): A bicentenary guide to the career and achievements of Linnaeus and the collections of the… (1978) 2 exemplaren
Redouté's fairest flowers 1 exemplaar
Botanical Latin 4th edition 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Stearn, William Thomas
- Geboortedatum
- 1911-04-16
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2001-05-08
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
- Beroepen
- botanist
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Linnean Medal (1976)
Engler Medal, gold, 1993
Asa Gray Award, 2000
VMH 1965
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- Werken
- 21
- Ook door
- 3
- Leden
- 457
- Populariteit
- #53,730
- Waardering
- 4.1
- Besprekingen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 27