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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH 
BOTANISTS. 
By James Brirren, F.L.S., anv G. S. Bounesr, F.L.S. 
(Concluded from p. 344.) 
Wilson, John (d. 1751); b. Kendal, Westmoreland; d. 
place ?, 15th July, TE. Shoemaker and baker. Of f Kendal. 
‘Synopsis of Brit. Pl.,’ 1744. Pult. i. "364 ; Pritz. 348 ; va Br, 
of Fungi to Winch. Winch, Bot. Guide, ii. 
Wilson, William (1799-1871): b. Warringtel 7th June, 1799; 
d. Paddington, nr. Warrington, put Apri ril, 1871; bur. Non 
conformist burial-ground, Hill Cliff, Warrington. ‘ Bryolo 
Britannica,’ 1855. Described Cotoneaster for E. a m 218, 
and Mosses for ‘ Flora Antarctica,’ ‘ Bot. Herald,’ ot. 
2664, 2723; Pritz. 348; Jacks. 621; B.S. C. vi eae Viil. 1249 ; 
Gard. Chron. oe 554; Cash, 145; Journ. Bot. 1871, 159; 
Trans. B. 8. Ed. 171. Photo. at Kew. dre ait and 
Dig een in Hb. Mus. Brit. Wilsonia Gill. & Hook. = 
Dipy 
Winch, ‘Nathaniel John ie ag) b. 1769?; d. Newcastle, 
th May, 1888. F.L.S., 1803. A.L.S., 1821. ‘Bot. Guide to 
Northumb. and Durham,’ 1807, : Geog. distrib. of pl. through 
Northumb., 1819; ed. 2, 1825. MSS. and herbarium of ote 
spp. left to Linn. Soe., and given by them to Nat. Hist. Soc. o: 
ae rthumb. and Durham. Contrib. Mosses to E. Bot. as, 
1945). Discovered Py yrola media in Britain. Mag. Zool. Bot. 
eerie 415; Mag. Nat. Hist. 1830: Pritz. 348; Jacks. 621; 
R 392. Portr. at Kew. Winchia 
Windsor, ‘John (1787- rags P b. Settle, 1787 ; d. “Manchester, 
1st Ee 1868. nae 1814. Surgeon. “Thlaspi se rrras 
Journ. Li 196. ‘Settle Plants’ in Phyt. 1855-8. 
bites Ceavonionsie. * (posth. ), 1878. Hadaherbarium. E. Bot 
2211; Pref. to FI. i al ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1868-9, cxx ; 
Jacks. 250; R 8. C. vi ; vill. 1251. i ja Mitt 
Winterbottom, James Seward lpi oe b. ergies 7th 
April, 1803; d. Rhodes, 4th July, 18 854. M.A., 1828. M.B 
1833. F.L. 2. 1880. Collected in array cad Tibet, with 
Strachey, 1848-9. Plants - ae &e. Proc ara Soe. ii. 
418; Journ. Bot. 1854, Lhe ; Fl. Indica 
Witham, Henry T. M. (fi. 1 at 1aeey Of Denwiths ‘ Ob- 
servations on structure of fossil vegetables,’ 1831. Pritz. 350; 
Jacks. 621; R. 8S. C. vi. 404 
Withering, William (1741-99): b. da pedis 28th oon 
1741; d. Birmingham, 6th Oct. 1799; bur , 
Edinb., 1766. F R.S. eye 0 Ge ye Yap Aa at ioe tit sod 
ards at Birmingham. ‘Systematic Arrangement of Brit. 
afterw: ingham 
PL.,’1776. Pritz. 350; Jacks. 621; Cott. Gard. vii.43; Gard. 
