Arthington Worsley

Arthington Worsley
Born (1861-12-09)9 December 1861
London
Died 13 January 1944(1944-01-13) (aged 82)
Middlesex
Nationality British
Scientific career
Fields Botany
Author abbrev. (botany) Worsley

Arthington Worsley (Marylebone, London 9 December 1861 – Middlesex, 13 January 1944) was a British botanist, explorer and civil engineer, who carried out extensive botanical expeditions in South America.[1] He also played two first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club, playing once in 1888 and 1890 respectively.[2]

Awards

1937. Herbert medal.[3]

Eponyms

Publications

  • Notes on the Distribution of the Amaryllideae and of Certain Liliaceous, Irideous and Other Plants in Grand Canary, Cuba, Jamaica, and Venezuela: With an Enumberation of Species, 1895
  • Worsley, Arthington (2012). The Genus Hippeastrum: A Monograph ... Nabu Press. ISBN 978-1-277-39963-9. originally published 1896
  • 1907. Concepts of monism. Ed. London : T. Fisher Unwin. xv + 356 pp.

References

  1. 1 2 "Kellydale Nursery: ''Worsleya''". Homepages.ihug.co.nz. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  2. ↑ "Player profile: Arthington Worsley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2014. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "The Herbert Medal.The Bulb Society". Bulbsociety.org. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  4. ↑ IPNI.  Worsley.

Bibliography

  • 1936. Life and career of Arthington Worsley : an autobiography. Herbertia 3 : 10–19
  • "Author Details" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI).
  • Harvard Botanist Index
  • Erhardt, Walter; et al. (2008). Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Stuttgart: Verlag Eugen Ulmer. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7.


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