136 BIOGBAPHICAL INDEX OF 



Pilkington, William (1758-1848): b. Hatfield, Yorks., 7 Sept., 

 1758; d. same place, 13 Aug., 184^ P.L.S., 1795. Archi- 

 tect. Had a herbarium. Contrib. to Bng. Bot. (1276, 2029). 

 E. S. C. iv. 912 ; Proo. Linn. Soc. ii. 47. Engr. portr. at 

 Linn. Soc. 



Pitcairn, William (1711-91) : b. Dysart, Fife, 1711 ; d. Isling- 

 ton, 25 Nov., 1791 ; bur. St. Bartholomew-the-Less. M.D. 

 Eheims; M.D. Oxon,1749; F.E.C.P., 1750; F.E.S.; P.E.C.P., 

 1775. Had a bot. garden in Upper Street, IsUngton. Munk, 

 ii. 172. Portr. by Eeynolds. Mezzotint by J. Jones, 1777. 

 Pitcairnia L'H^rit. 



Pitchford, John (1737 ?-1803) : d. Norwich, 22 Dec, 1803. 

 Surgeon and apothecary of that town from 1769. A.L.S., 

 1788; P.L.S., 1797. Friend of Sir J. E. Smith. Contri- 

 buted to Eng. Bot, (27, 229, &c.). Discovered Holosteum urn- 

 bellatum and Peiicedanum palustre. Smith Corr. i. 41, 107, 

 128 ; Linn. Trans, vii. 295 ; Hinds, Fl. Sufi'. 477. 



Pitts, Edmund (fl. 1678). Alderman, of Worcester. "Avery 

 knowing botanist." Discovered Pyrus domestica in Wjre 

 Forest, Phil. Trans, xiii. 1678, 978 ; Lees' Bot. Worcestersh. 

 Ixxxviii. 



Planchon, Jules Emile (1823-88) : b. Ganges, France, 21 

 March, 1823; d. MontpeUier, 1 April, 1888. F.L.S., 1855. 

 Assistant in Sir W. Hooker's Herb., 1844-8. Prof. Bot., 

 Ghent, 1849 ; MontpeUier, 1881-8. Co-ed. 'Flore des Serres,' 

 1849-81. Pritz. 248; Jacks. 592; E. S. C. iv. 932; viii. 

 631. Proc. Linn. Soc. 1887-8, 95 ; Ann. Bot. ii. 423 (1888), 

 with bibliography. Planchonia Dun. 



Planer, Richard (fl. 1699-1703). Surgeon. Sent plants to 

 Petiver from Guinea Coast. Mus. Pet. 46, 96. 



Plant, R. W. (fl. 1844-52). Of Cheadle. 'New- Gardener's 

 Dictionary' (n.d.), 1849? "Experimental cultivator and 

 nurseryman," Bot. Eeg. 1844, p. 89. Collected in S. Africa, 

 1850-52. 'Excursion in Zulu Country,' Journ. Bot. 1852, 

 222, 257. Plants at Kew. E. S. C. iv. 933. Plantia 

 Herb. 



Piatt, Sir Hugh (fl. 1571-1606) : bur. Hornsey ? B.A. Camb., 

 1571-2. Of Copt-hall, Essex, and Kirby Castle and Bishop's 

 Hall, Middlesex. Knighted, 1605. Had a garden in St. 

 Msirtin's Lane, 1606. 'Garden of Eden' (posth.), 1653-60. 

 'Floraes Paradise,' 1608. Pritz. 248; Johnson, 69 ; Wood, 

 Athen. Oxon., ed. Bliss, 622; Cooper, Athen. Cantab, ii. 436, 

 with bibliog. 



Plomley, Francis (1805 ?-60): d.Maidstone,9 Jan., 1860. F.L.S., 

 1845. M.D. Studied Hop-mildew. Lectured on Botany to 

 Weald of Kent Farmers' Club, 1849-51. Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 1860-61, xUi. 



Plot, Robert (1640-96) : b. Sutton Baron or Barn, Borden, 

 Kent, 1640 ; d. same place, 30 April, 1696 ; bur. Borden. 

 B.A. Oxon, 1661; M.A., 1664; D.C.L., 1671. F.E.S., 1677; 

 Sec, 1682. First Keeper of Ashmolean Museum, 1683. 

 Mowbray Herald, 1695. ' Nat. Hist, of Oxfordshire,' 1677. 



