> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 197](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068439) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3944-1) LSID 3944-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2593473) QID Q2593473 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Hill, \[Sir\] Arthur William (1875-1941), British botanist; demonstrator (1899), later lecturer (1904) at Cambridge; D.Sc. Cantab. 1919; D.Sc. Adelaide 1927; assistant director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1907-1922; director 1922-1941; died in a riding accident. **Abbreviated name**: *A. W. Hill* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.W.Hill*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]]. – Diaries of travel also at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 652; Barnhart 2: 174; BJI 2: 76; BL 1: 54, 63, 301, 2: 190, 668; Blunt p. 183, 187; BM 6: 464; Bossert p. 175; CSP 15: 843, 18: 708; Desmond p. 307; DNB 1941-50: 390-391; Hortus 3: 1195; IH 2: 275; Kew 2: 682-685; Langman p. 370; Lenley p. 223; LS suppl. 11569; Moebius p. 146, 182; MW p. 178, suppl. p. 98; NI 2341, 1433; NW p. 48; Plesch p. 261; TL-2/1290; Zander ed. 10, p. 670. - Allan, Trans. R. Soc. New Zealand 72(1): xxxvi-xxxviii. 1942 (portr.). - Anon., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1941: 236. - Bergdolt, A. W., Karl von Goebel ed. 2. 139, 1941 (on possible sale of herb. Lamarck). - Brooks, Obit. Not. Fellows Roy. Soc. 4: 87-100. 1942 (main biogr.; bibl., portr.). - Burkill, I. H., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 154: 280-285. 1943. - D.P., J. Kew Guild 3: 471. 1919 (portr.). - Hill, A. W., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1921: 225-243 (account visit Cameroons, Nigeria). - Merrill, E. D., Contr. U.S. natl. Herb. 30(1): 151. 1947 (bibl. Pacific Isl. - Phillips, V. T. and M. E., Guide mss. Coll. Acad. Phila. p. 209, 565. 1963. - Ramsbottom, J., J. Bot. 79: 208. 1941. - Reiche, K., Grundz. Pflanzenverbr. Chile 33. 1907 (Veg. Erde 8). - Turrill, W. B., Chron. bot. 7(3): 141-142. 1942. #### Composite works - (1) Contributed to Harvey et Sonder, *Flora capensis* (TL-2/2448) : *Cytinaceae*, 5, 1(3): 485-487. 16 Jan 1912. *Gentianeae*, 4, 1(6): 1056-1121. Feb 1909 (with D. Prain). *Phytolaccaceae*, 5, 1(3): 454-459. 16 Jan 1912. *Podostemaceae*, 5, 1(3): 482-484. 16 Jan 1912. *Santalaceae*, 5, 2(1): 135-192. Apr 1915; 2(2): 193-212. Oct 1915. *Suppl*. 5, 2: \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-46. 28 Mar 1933. - (2) Contributed to Oliver, *Flora of tropical Africa* (as editor): vol. 10(1), 21 Mai 1937 (Gramineae by C. E. Hubbard). - (3) Edited *Hand-list of Herbaceous plants... Kew*, ed. 3, 1925. - (4) Edited Nash, J., *Poisonous plants*... 1927. - (5) Edited *Index kewensis*, Suppl. *6-10; Hooker's Icones plantarum* 1930-1941; *Botanical Magazine* 1934-1941; *Bull. misc. Inf. Kew* (q.q., as Director of Kew). #### Note A modest, but historically interesting paper by Hill is: *The flora of the Somme battlefield*, Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1917: 297-300, an interim report on the effects of World War I on topography and vegetation.