> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 605](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333744) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9662-1) LSID 9662-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21338250) QID Q21338250 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Simmonds, Arthur (1892-1968), British botanist, assistant horticultural superintendent, Kew 1919-1923; assistant director R.H.S. gardens Wisley 1923-1925; assistant secretary, Royal Horticultural Society 1925-1956; secretary 1956-1962. **Abbreviated name**: *A. Simmonds* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.Simmonds*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. – *Letters* e.g. at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Bossert p. 367; Desmond p. 560 (b. 25 Feb 1892, d. 16 Mar 1968); Hortus 3: 1204. #### Biofile - Anon., Gard. Chron. 1962(1): 149 (retirement portr.); Who's who (London) 1957-1968; Who was who, England 6: 1033. 1961-1970. - Fletcher., J.R. Hort. Soc. 93(6): 238-242. 1968 (obit.); Story R. Hort. Soc. 557 \[index\]. 1969. #### Eponymy *Simmondsia* Nuttall (1844) was named for Thomas Williams Simmonds, a botanist who died while exploring the island of Trinidad about 1804.