> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 64](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264791) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122980052) QID Q122980052 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Alcock, Randal Hibbert (1833-1885), British botanist, cottonspinner, of Bury, Lancaster till 1882, retired to Disbury 1882-1885, founder and president of the Bury Natural History Society. **Abbreviated name**: *Alcock* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 31; BL 2: 250; BM 1: 26; Desmond p. 6; Jackson p. 9; Rehder 1: 76, 5(index): xxi; SO 2753b; Tucker 1: 32. #### Biofile - Anon., J. Bot. 24: 160. 1886 (obit.); Proc. Linn. Soc., London 1886: 137. \[in Oct 1886 issue\]. - Coats, A.M., The plants hunters, 70, 71, 72, 73. 1969. - Dallmann, A.A. and M.H. Wood, Trans. Liverpool Bot. Soc. 1: 57. 1909 (b. Gatley Cheshire, 21 Jul 1833; d. Didsbury, Lancaster 9 Nov 1885). ### Publications ##### n.19.006. Botanical names for English readers **Title** *Botanical names for English readers*... London (L. Reeve & Co.,...) 1876. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. names Engl. read.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1876 (J. Bot. Apr 1876), p. \[i\]-xviii, \[xix\], \[1\]-236. *Copy*: NY. *Ed. 2*: Apr 1884 (Nat. Nov. Mai (1) 1884; Bot. Zeit. 30 Mai 1884), p. \[i\]-xviii, \[xix\], \[1\]-236. *Copy*: MO. – *Botanical names for English readers*... \[quotation Lindley\], (John Heywood, ...) London 1884. *Ref*.: Trimen, H., J. Bot. 14: 158-159. 1876 (rev.).