BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 



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BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 



Abbot, Rev. Charles (1761 ?-1817) : b. Winchester ? 1761 ? ; d. 

 Bedford, Oct., 1817. D.D. Oxon, 1802. Vicar of Oakley 

 Eaynes and Goldington, Beds. RL.S., 1793. ' Flora Bed- 

 fordiensis,' 1798. Discovered Epipactis purpv/rata, 1807. 

 Contrib. to E. Bot. 72-2775. Herbarium at Turvey Abbey, 

 Beds. Gent. Mag. 1817, ii. 378 ; Journ. Bot. 1881, 40 ; Diet. 

 Nat. Biog. i. 3. 



Abbot, Rev. Robert (1560 ?-1618) : b. Guildford, Surrey, 

 1560?; d. 2 Mar., 1618. B.A. Oxon, 1579; M.A., 1583; 

 D.D., 1596. Eector of Bishop's Hatfield, Herts, 1584. 

 Master of Balliol, 1609. Bp. of SaHsbury, 1615. "Excel- 

 lent and diligent herbalist," Pult. i. 137 ; Ger. emac, 166, 

 175, 216 ; Ath. Oxon. ii. 224, 859 ; Alumni Oxon. ; Diet. Nat. 

 Biog. i. 24. 



Abbott, James (1831 ?-89) : b. Leeds, 1831 ; d. Leeds, 2 Dee., 

 1889 ; bur. St. Mark's Church. Druggist. Lect. Bot. Leeds 

 Chemists' Association. Pharm. Journ. 3rd ser. xix. 498. 



Abel, Clarke (1780-1826) : b. 1780 ; d. Cawnpore, 14 Nov., 1826. 

 M.D., F.L,S., 1818. In China with Lord Macartney, 1816. 

 Chinese plants in Brit. Mus. Pritz. 1 ; E. S. C. i. 4 ; Gent. 

 Mag. xcvii., pt. ii. (1827), 644 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. i. 32. Portr. 

 at Kew. Abelia E. Br. 



Abercrombie, John (1726-1806) : b. Edinburgh, 1726 ; d. 

 London, 30 April or 1 May, 1806. Pritz. (ed. 1), 1 ; Johnson, 

 219; Cott. Gard. iv. 65 ; Journ. Hort. Iv. (1876), 469, w. portr. ; 

 Felton, 153 ; Biog. in his ' Gardener's Pocket Journal,' ed. 

 35, 1857 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. i. 36. Best portr. in his ' Uni- 

 versal Gardener,' ed. 1783 ; full-length, ast. 72, in ed. 16, 1800. 



Acton, Frances, nee Knight (1793 ?-1881) : d. Acton Scott, 

 Salop, 24 Jan., 1881. Eldest d. of T. A. Knight, m. T. P. 

 Stackhouse Acton, 1812. Shared in her father's experiments. 

 Artist. Gard. Chron. 1881, i. 182. 



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