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Williamson, T. (fi. 1842). Private in 72nd Eegt. Sent Natal 



plants to Harvey. Journ. Bot. 1842, 27. 

 Willisel or Willisell, Thomas (fl. 1640-86) : b. Northants or 

 Lancashire ; d. Jamaica ? before 1686. Collector for Merrett, 

 Morison, Sherard, Eay, an,d the Eoyal Society. Had served 

 under Cromwell. Travelled all over United Kingdom. 

 Gardener at Jamaica. Plants in Hb. Sloane, 27. Pult. i. 

 347 ; Mus. Pet. n. 742 ; Eay Cat. 340 ; Weld, Hist. Eoy. 

 Soc. i. 224 ; Aubrey, Nat. Hist. "Wilts, chap. ix. ; Cash, 2. 

 Willshire, William Hughes (fl. 1839-79). M.D.Edin. Memb. 

 Bot. Soc. Lond. Lect. Bot., Charing Cross Hospital. ' Prin- 

 ciples of Bot.,' 1840. Pritz. 348 ; Jacks. 39. 



Willughby, Francis (1635-72) : b. Middleton, Warwick, 1635 ; 

 d. Middleton, 3 July, 1672 ; bur. Middleton Church. B.A. 

 Camb., 1656 ; M.A., 1669. F.E.S. Pupil and friend of Eay. 

 Zoologist. Papers in Phil. Trans, iv.-v. Eay Mem. 13 ; 

 ' Naturalists' Library,' vol. xvi., with portr. engr. Lizars 

 from oil painting at WoUaton. Bust in Trin. Coll. Camb. 

 Willughbeia Schreber. 



Wilmer, Bradford (fl. 1781). Of Coventry. Surgeon. 'Obser- 

 vations on poisonous vegetables,' 1781. Pritz. 348; Jacks. 

 206. 



Wilmer, " Dr." John (d. 1769) : d. Westminster, Jan., 1769. 

 Apothecary and physician, practising in Chelsea. Prsefectus 

 horti and demonstrator, Chelsea, 1748-64. Sample, 71, 74 ; 

 Gorham, 7. 



Wilson, Mrs. Lucy, nee Atkins, Saeah (fl. 1822). Of Chipping 

 Norton, m. Eev. Daniel Wilson. 'Botanical Eambles,' 

 1822. Friends' Books, i. 141. 



Wilson, — (fl. 1740). Tailor, of Norwich. Had a herbarium. 

 Linn. Trans, vii. 296. 



Wilson, Edward S. (fl. 1846). Of Buglawton, Cumberland. 

 ' Cowslip and Primrose,' Phyt. ii. 1846, 377, 550. E. S. C. 

 vi. 385. 



Wilson, James Hewetsoh (1827 ?-50) : b. Chorlton, Manches- 

 ter, 1827 ? ; d. Worth, Sussex, 12 Nov., 1850. B A. Oxon, 

 1850. P.L.S., 1847. Transl. Jussieu's ' Elements of Botany,' 

 1849. Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 139. 



Wilson, John (d. 1751) ; b. Kendal, Westmoreland ; d. same 

 place' 15 July, 1751. Shoemaker and baker. Of Kendal. 

 ' Synopsis of Brit. PI.,' 1744. Pult. ii. 264 ; Pritz. 348 ; Jacks. 

 232 ; Cash, 7 ; Nicholson, ' Annals of Kendal," 343. Wilsonia 

 Br. 



Wilson, R. (fl. 1800). Of Medomsley, Durham. Sent drawings 

 of Fungi to Winch. Winch, Bot. Guide, ii. i. 



Wilson, William (1799-1871) : b. Warrington, 7 June, 1799 ; d. 

 Paddington, nr. Warrington, 3 April, 1871 ; bur. Noncon- 

 formist burial-ground. Hill Cliff, Warrington. ' Bryologia 

 Britannica,' 1865. Described Cotoneaster for E. B. S. 2713, 

 and Mosses for 'Flora Antarctica,' 'Bot. Herald,' &c. E. 

 Bot. 2664, 2723. Herbarium and correspondence in Hb. 

 " Mus. Brit. Pritz. 348 ; Jacks. 621 ; E. S. C. vi. 389 ; viii. 



