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Baxter, William (fl. 1823-30) : d. before 1836. Collector in 

 South Australia for Clapton Nursery, 1823. Plants in Herb. 

 Mus. Brit. E. Brown, Prodr. Fl. Nov. HoU. Suppl. 1830. 

 M. Tasman. cxxiv. A " very indefatigable botanic voyager," 

 Bot. Mag. 8500. Smith, Kew, 10. Baxteria E. Brown. 



Beale, Rev. John (1603-83 ?) : b. Herefordshire, 1603 ; d. 

 Yeovil, Somerset, 1683? B.A. Camb. 1632; M.A., 1656; D.D., 

 Eector of Yeovil, 1660; F.E.S., 1663. Correspondent of 

 Boyle and Hartlib. Communication respecting vegetation in 

 Phil. Trans, iii.-vi. Felton, 21 ; Nich. Lit. Anecd. i. 447 ; 

 iv. 256; Diet. Nat. Biog. iv. 1. 



Beaton, Donald (1802-63) : b. Urray, Eoss-shire, 8 March, 

 1802; d. Surbiton, Surrey, Oct. 1863. Cott. Gard. xiii. 153, 

 portr. ; Journ. Hort. v. (1863), 349 and 416, portr. Beatonia 

 Herbert. 



Beattie, James (1735-1803) : b. Laurencekirk, Kincardine, 25 

 Oct., 1735 ; d. Aberdeen, 18 Aug., 1803. M.A. Aberdeen, 

 1753; A.L.S., 1807. Prof., Aberdeen. Added Linncea to 

 British Flora, E. B., 433. Life by Sir W. Forbes, 1806 ; 

 Smith, Lett. i. 441-3 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. iv. 23. 



Beaufort, Mary, Duchess of [see Someeset] . 



Beaumont, John (d. 1731) : d. Stone-Baston, Somerset, March, 

 1731 ; bur. Stone-Easton. Surgeon. F.E.S., 1685. 'Eock- 

 plants in the Lead Mines of Mendip Hills.' Sloane MS. 

 4037, 128-32 ; Bay, Lett. 262. Gent. Mag. 1731, 34 ; Diet. 

 Nat. Biog. iv. 60. 



Becher, Rev. John Thomas (1770-1848) : b. 1770 ; d. Hill 

 House, Southwell, Notts., 3 Jan., 1848. M.A. Oxon, 1795. 

 Prebendary of Southwell, 1818. Determined Crocus nudi- 

 florus, E. B. 491. Suggested Ordoyno's ' Fl. Notting- 

 hamiensis.' Gent. Mag. April, 1848 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. iv. 

 75. 



Becker, Lydia Ernestine (1827-90) : b. Manchester, 24 Feb., 

 1827; d. Geneva, 18 July, 1890; bur. Cemetery of St. 

 George, Geneva. Lectured on Botany. ' Bot. for Novices,' 

 1864. Jacks. 45 ; E. S. C. vii. 118 ; Journ. Bot. 1890, 320. 

 Portrait by S. J. Dacre. 



Bedford, John, Duke of \see Eussbll, John] . 



Beeke, Rev. Henry (1751-1837) : b. Kingsteignton, Devon, 6 

 Jan., 1751; d. Torquay, 9 March, 1837. B.A. Oxon, 1773 ; 

 D.D., 1800 ; F.L.S., 1800. Dean of Bristol, 1814. Dis- 

 tinguished-Lotos pilosus, and disooYered. Bupleurum Odontites. 

 Gent. Mag. n.s. vol. vii.; Smith MSS. ; 'Bot. Guide,' p. 

 527-8; Mag. Nat. Hist. (1837), 61, 392; E. B. 1129, 1256, 

 1616, 2255, 2468 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. iv. 124. 



Beeston, William (1672 ?-1732) : d. Bentley, Suffolk, 4 Dec, 

 1732 M.B. Camb., 1692; M.D., 1702. Of Ipswich. 

 " Very curious and knowing in plants," Sherard, Bich. Corr. 

 184; Nich. Illustr. vi. 879; Loudon, 'Arboretum,' 62. 



Bell, Miss (fl. 1832). Sent list of Norfolk pi. to Watson, 

 N. B. G. 185. Had a herbarium. Top. Bot. 537. 



Bell, Elizabeth (d. 1876). Of Coldstream, Berwick. Corre- 



