16 BIOGEAPHICAL INDEX OF 



Bicheno, James Ebenezer (1785-1851) : b. Newbury, Berks, 

 1785 ; d. Hobart Town, Tasmania, 25 Feb., 1851. F.L.S., 

 1812. Sec. L.S., 1824-1832. Colon. Sec, Van Diemen's 

 Land, 1842. Contrib. to B. B., 2631, 2675, 2680. Herb, at 

 E. Institution, Swansea. Pritz. 27 ; Jacks. 17 ; Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. ii. 181 ; E. S. C. i. 358 ; Gent. Mag. xxxvi. n.s. ; ' Annual 

 Eegister,' 1851; Phyt. i. 105; Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 1. Oil 

 portr. by Eddis at Linn. Soc. Bichenia D. Don. 



Bidwill, John Carne (1815-53) : b. Exeter, Devon, 1815 ; d. 

 Tinana, Wide Bay, New South Wales, 1853. Superintendent 

 Sydney Bot. Gard. ' Eambles in New Zealand,' 1841. 

 Plants at Kew. Pritz. 27 ; Journ. Bot. 1853, 252 ; E. S. C. 

 i. 360; Gard. Chron. 1853, 438; 1856, 20; Smith, Kew, 

 67. M. Tasmania, cxxvi. ; Ann. & Mag. viii. 1842, 438 ; 

 Gent. Mag. 1853 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 18. Bidwillia Herb. 



Bigge^ Rev. John Frederick (1814-85) : b. Linden, North- 

 umberland, 12 July, 1814 ; d. Newcastle, 28 Feb., 1885 ; bur. 

 Stamfordham, Northumb. Vicar of Stamfordham. B.A. 

 Durham, 1839. A founder of Tyneside Nat. Club : President, 

 1847. Herbarium presented to Nat. Hist. Soc. Mus., New- 

 castle. Hist. Berw. Nat. Club, xi. 207. 



Bigsby, John Jeremiah (1793-1881) : b. Nottingham, 14 Aug., 

 1793 ; d. London, 10 Feb., 1881. Geologist. M.D. Bdin., 

 1814 ; F.L.S., 1823 ; F.E.S., 1869. ' Flora and Fauna of the 

 Silurian,' 1868. 'Flora and Fauna of the Devonian and 

 Carboniferous,' 1878. Jacks. 522; Journ. Bot. 1881, 96; 

 Proc. Geol. Soc. 1880-81, 39 ; Proc. Eoy. Soc. xxxiii. p. xvi. ; 

 Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 27. 



Binfield, Rev. Edward (d. before 1813). A.L.S. Of Spetis- 

 bury, Dorset. List of Dorset plants incorporated in Pul- 

 teney's ' Catalogue,' ed. ii. (p. 62). 



Bingley, Rev. William (1774-1823) : b. Doneaster, 1774 ; d. 

 London, 11 March, 1823 ; bur. Bloomsbury Church. B.A. 

 Camb., 1799; M.A., 1803; F.L.S., 1800. 'Flora of the 

 Snowdonian Mountains,' 1798-1801, in Appendix to Jones' 

 ' Illustrations of the Scenery,' 1829. ' Practical Introduction 

 to Botany,' 1817. Pritz. 27 ; Jacks. 522 ; Mag. Zool. Bot. 

 ii. 170; Bot. Guide, 166; B. Bot., 663, 673, 675; Gent. 

 Mag. 1823 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 55. 



Binney, Edward William (1812-81) : b. Morten, Notts., 1812; 

 d. Manchester, 19 Dec, 1881. F.G.S., 1853 ; F.E.S., 1856. 

 ' SigiUaria,' 1858, &c. Jacks. 181 ; E. S. C. ix. 243 ; Diet. 

 Nat. Biog. v. 56. Portr. at Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc. 



Bird, Frederick John (d. 1874) : d. 28 April, 1874. A.L.S., 

 1840; F.L.S., 1862. M.D. Brother of next. ' The artificial 

 arrangement of British Plants,' Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. 1838, 

 604. 



Bird, Goldingf (1814-54) : b. Dowhham, Norfolk, 9 Dec, 1814; 

 d. Tunbridge WeUs, 27 Oct., 1854. M.D. St. Andrews, 1838; 

 M.A., 1840; F.L.S., 1836; F.E.S. Contrib. to Irvine's 

 'London Flora.' Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 404. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. ii. 1838 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. v. 74. 



