> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 347](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066687) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11727-1) LSID 11727-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q406813) QID Q406813 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Wilmott, Alfred James (1888-1950), British botanist; MA Cambridge; assistant Botany Dept., Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 1911-1931, deputy keeper 1931-1950. **Abbreviated name**: *A. Wilm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wilmott*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (20.000). – Other material at [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]] (see also Kent & Allen 1984). – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 766; Barnhart 3: 502; BL 2: 732 \[index\]; BM 8: 1439; Desmond p. 665 (b. 31 Dec 1888, d. 26 Jan 1950); Hirsch p. 325; SO 909; TL-2/11.626, 12.651; Urban-Berl. p. 317, 410; Zander ed. 10, p. 733, ed. 11, p. 837. #### Biofile - Allen, D.E., The botanists 232 \[index, numerous entries\]. 1986. - Alston, A.H.G., Watsonia 2(1): 63-69. 1951 (obit., bibl.). - Anon., Gard. Chron. 1950(1): 48. (obit. not., d. 26Jan 1950); Nat. Nov. 33: 327. 1911 (app. BM(NH)); Österr. bot. Z. 61: 455. 1911 (app. BM(NH)); The Times 29 Jan 1950, p. 68; Who's who (London) 1939-1950; Who was who (London) 4: 1246. 1941-1950. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.437, 278.2, 278.6, 331.5. 1980. - Campbell, M.S., Watsonia 2(1): 69-70. 1951 (obit.). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 86. 1957 (coll.). - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish Herb. 275. 1984 (coll.). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 798. 1985. - Ramsbottom, J., Nature 165: 629-630. 1950. - Stearn, W.T., Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 301-302, 307. 1981. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron bot. 1: 159, 171. 1935, 2: 34, 188, 197. 196, 3: 164. 1937, 4: 532-533. 1938, 5: 79, 354, 357. 1939, 6: 38, 88. 1941, 7: 140. 1943. - Williams, I.A., Proc. Linn. Soc. 162(2): 234-236. 1951 (obit.). #### Composite works - (1) Editor (amended nomenclature, new appendix) C.C. Babington, *Man. Brit. bot.* ed. 10, 1922, TL-2/216. – See W.B. Turrill, Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1922: 203. 19 Aug 1921 for a review. - (2) With J. Ramsbottom, T.A. Sprague and E.M. Wakefield, *Proposals by the sub-committee on nomenclature*, appointed by the Imperial botanical conference, London 1924, *in* T.A. Sprague, ed., *Nomenclature proposals by British botanists*, London Aug 1929, p. 7-45, see also J. Bot. 67: 336-339. Dec 1929. – TL-2/12.651 - (3) Editor of vol. 3 of C.E. Moss, *Cambr. Brit. fl.*, Jun 1920, see TL-2/6358. - (4) Editor, *British flowering plants and modern systematic methods*. Being the report of the Conference on the study of critical British groups... 21 Oct 1949, London (printed by Taylor & Francis, Ltd.,...) Oct., p. \[i\], \[1\]-102, \[104, colo.\], *pl. 1-18. Copies*: G, HH, NY, U.