8 BIOGEAPHICAL INDEX OP 



Babington, Rev. Joseph (1768-1826): b. Eothley Temple, 

 Leicestersh., 2 Jan., 1796; d. Bath, 15 Dec, 1826; bur. 

 Broughton Gifford, Wilts. B.A. Camb., 1791 ; M.A., 1794; 

 L.M. Oxford, 1795. Physician at Ludlow. Afterwards clergy- 

 man at Broughton Gifford. Father of Prof. C. 0. Babington. 

 'Plants found near Ludlow,' in Plymley's 'Agriculture of 

 Shropshire," pp. 183-207 ; E.B. 450, 740, 887. 



Backhouse, James (1794-1869) : b. 8 July, 1794 ; d. York, 20 

 Jan., 1869. Nurseryman. Botanised in Teesdale, &c., 1803- 

 65. Missionary Friend in Norway and the Southern Hemi- 

 sphere. Correspondent of J. B. Smith and W. J. Hooker. 

 Pritz. 11 ; Journ. Bot. 1869, 51 ; Journ. Hort. xli. 1869, 32 ; 

 Gard. Chron. 1869, 186 ; E. S. 0. i. 147 ; vi. 573 ; vii. 65. 

 Backhousia Hook. 



Backhouse, James (1825-90) : b. York, 22 Oct., 1825 ; d. York, 

 31 Aug., 1890. F.L.S., 1885. Son of preceding, with whom 

 he botanised in Teesdale, &c., 1843-65, and visited Norway 

 (1851), ' Ireland (1854), and Scotland (1859, &c.). Found 

 Trichomanes in N. Wales, and Viola arenaria in Teesdale 

 (1862). ' Monograph of Brit. Hieracia,' 1856. Contrib. to 

 Phyt. (1855-8) and Bot. Gazette (1851). Pritz. 11; Journ. 

 Bot. 1890, 358 w. portr. ; E. S. 0. i. 147. 



Backhouse, William (1779 ?-1844) : b. 1779 ? ; d. DarUngton, 

 9 June, 1844. Banker. E. Bot. 1984, 2529, 2922, &c. Contrib. 

 list of pi. to Longstaffe's Hist. Darlington, pp. 374, xciv. 

 Had a herbarium. 



Bacon, Vincent (d. 1739) : d. 6 April, 1739. Surgeon and 

 apothecary. Of London, afterw. of Grantham. F.E.S. 

 Member of Martyn's Bot. Soc, 1721. Phil. Trans., No. 432; 

 Martyn's Virgil, xliii. ; Gent. Mag. 1739, 216. 



Badham, Rev. Charles David (1806-57) : b. London, 1806 ; 

 d. Oxon, 14 July, 1857. M.D. P.E.C.P. ' Esculent 

 Funguses,' 1847. Pritz. 11 ; Jacks. 244 ; Eraser's Mag. 

 Ivi. 162 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ii. 387. 



Baikie, William Balfour (1825-64) : b. Kirkwall, Orkney, 27 

 Aug., 1825 ; d. Sierra Leone, 30 Nov. or 12 Dec, 1864. 

 M.D. Edin. E.N. Surgeon to Niger Expedition, 1854, 

 1857-9 ? ' Historia Naturalis Orcadensis,' 1848. Niger 

 plants at Kew. Jacks. 217; E. S. C. i. 154; vii. 68; Journ. 

 Bot. 1865, 71 ; Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 8* ; Gent. Mag., March, 

 1865; Diet. Nat. Biog. ii. 406. Monument in Kirkwall 

 Cathedral. Stephanophysum Baikiei Hook. 



Baily, Miss [see Kane, Lady] . 



Bain, John (fl. 1854). Of Trin. Coll. Bot. Gard., Dublin. 

 Discovered Hordeum sylvaticum in Ireland. Proc Dublin Nat 

 Soc. i. 45. 



Baines, Henry (c I8OO-0. 1880) : b. Halifax, Yorks., c 1800; 

 d. York, c. 1880. Sub-curator, York Philosophical Soc. ; 

 Curator of garden. ' Flora of Yorkshire,' 1840. Formerly 

 in employ of Backhouse. Pritz. 12 ; Jacks. 262. 



Baines, John (1787-1838) : b. Horbury, Yorks., 1787 ; d. Thorn- 

 hill, Yorks., 1 May, 1838; bur. Horbury. Mathematician. 



