> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 226](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264953) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/31137-1) LSID 31137-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549729) QID Q549729 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Babington, Charles Cardale|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Babington, Charles Cardale (1808-1895), British botanist, professor of botany at Cambridge, studied at the University of Cambridge (St. John's College) 1826, B.A. 1830, M.A. 1833, stayed with the University of Cambridge, professor of botany ib. 1861-1895. **Abbreviated name**: *Bab.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bab.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CGE|CGE]] (orig. herb. 55.000), further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]] (*Rubus* coll. first set), [[Collection BFY|BFY]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection CN|CN]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WECO|WECO]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 1: 332, 6(1): 566; Backer p. 49; Barnhart 1: 97; BB p. 12; BL 2: 625 \[index\]; BM 1: 79, 208, 6: 44; Bossert p. 19; Clokie p. 123; CSP 1: 136-139, 7: 62, 9: 91, 12: 33, 13: 230; Desmond p. 25-26 (b. 23 Nov 1808, Ludlow, Shropsh., d. 22 Jul 1895, Cambridge); De Toni 4: iv; DNB suppl. 1, 1: 90-92; DSB 1: 358-359 (by R.G.C. Desmond); Frank 3(Anh.): 6; GR p. 368; GR, cat. p. 60; Hegi 3: 245 (biogr. footnote); Hortus 2: 1187; IF 675; IH 2: 47; Jackson p. 517 \[index\]; Kew 1: 111-112; LS 1367-1374; Morren ed. 2, p. 25, ed. 10, p. 74; PR 298-304, 378, ed. 1: 374-378; Rehder 1: 34, 5(index): 36-37; TL-1: 10; TL-2/1: 83-85, 2: 1176, 3176, 5: 11.610, see also sub P.S. Pallas, F. Townsend, H.M. Ward, H.C. Watson, A.J. Wilmott; Tucker 1: 47; Zander ed. 10, p. 594, 629-670, ed. 11, p. 715. #### Biofile - Aderhold, R.F.T., Gen.-Reg. Bot. Zeit. 94. 1895 (list of reviews). - Allen, D.E., The naturalist in Britain 76, 103, 106, 108, 109, 178, 183-184, 185. 1976; The Victorian fern craze 15-16. 1969 (Victorian fern craze); The botanists 9, 26, 31-32, 35, 58, 72, 78-79, 88. 1986. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1894: 43; Formal death notice 22 Jul 1895 (with phot.; copy NY); Leopoldina 31: 168. 1895 (obit. not.); Bot. Centralbl. 63: 221. 1895 (d.); Bull. Soc. bot. France 42: 384, 544. 1895; Entom. Mo. Mag. 31: 220-221. 1895; Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1896: 30-32 (obit.); J. Bot. 35: frontisp. portr. 1897; Newsletter Soc. bibl. nat. hist. 8: 6. 1980; The manuscript papers of Brit. Scientists 1600-1940 (Guides Sources British History 2) 5. 1982. - Babington, C.C., ÖBZ 11: 264. 1861 (appt. prof. bot. Cambridge). - Babington, A.M. \[Mrs. C.C.\], Memorials, journal and botanical correspondence of C.C.B., Cambridge 1897 (portr., bibl. of periodical articles on p. 447-454. See also J. Britten, J. Bot. 36: 33-35. 1898). - Balfour, I.B., Proc. R. Soc. London 59: viii-x. 1896. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 381. 1980 (refs. to mss. resources). - Britten, J., J. Bot. 33: 257-266. 1895 (portr.). - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 393. 1880. - Davey, F.H., Fl. Cornwall xlii. 1909. - Druce, C.C., Fl. Berkshire clxx. 1897. - Edees, E.S., Fl. Staffordshire 18. 1972. - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 1495-1900. nos. 133-139. 1980. - Gilmour, J.S.L. and T.G. Tutin, List impt. coll. Univ. herb. Cambridge 8, 9, 35. 1933 (coll. at CGE, details). - Hedge, I.C. and H.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 56. 1970. - Högrell, B., Bot. Hist. 1: 266. 1886. - Horwood, A.R. and C.W.F. Noel, Fl. Leicestershire ccx. 1933. - Kent, D.H., British herbaria 40. 1957 (coll.). - Mayor, J.E.B., Cambridge Chronicle 30 Aug 1895, p. 4 (obit.). - Meldola, R., Proc. ent. Soc. London 1895: lxix-lxx. - Moore, S. Le Marchant, Fl. Cheshire lxxvii-lxxviii. 1899. - Nelson, E.C., Glasra 4: 39. 1980 (material at DBN). - Porter, D.M., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 81: 90. 1980 (details on herb at CGE). - Praeger, R.L., Proc. R. Irish Acad. 7: cvii-cix. 1901 (bibl.); Botanist in Ireland 78. 1934. - Rehbock, P.F., The philosophical naturalists 161, 217 (footnote 38). 1983. - Riddelsdell, H.J., Fl. Gloucestershire cxviii. 1948. - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 19: 328. 1861 (appt. prof. bot. Cambridge). - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 30, 75. 1981 (archival mat.). - Suringar, W.F.R., Ned. Kruidk. Arch., ser. 3, 1: 9. 1899 (d.). - Walters, S.M., The shaping of Cambridge botany 4, 58, 61, 62, 65-70, 75, 76, 77, 83. 1981. - Watson, H.C., Topograph. bot. ed. 2. 1883 (nos. 29, 45, expl. cat.). - White, J.W., Fl. Bristol 91-93. 1912 (see TL-2/17.469). - Wolley-Dod, A.H., Fl. Sussex xlii. 1937. #### Composite works - (1) Editor *Annals and Magazine of natural History* vols. 9-20, and ser. 2. 1 − ser. 4. 20 (1842-1877). - (2) With J.H. Balfour and W.H. Campbell, *A catalogue of British plants*. Part first, containing the flowering plants and ferns, second edition, Edinburgh 1841, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-16. *Copies*: G(2). #### Note on other botanical babingtons (see Desmond p. 25-26): *1*. *Benjamin Guy Babington* (1794-1866), midship man, Royal Navy, collected plants in Mauritius 1811-1812. *2*. Rev. *Churchill Babington* (1821-1889), cousin of C.C. Babington, lichenologist, see below for further treatment. *3*. Rev. *Joseph Babington* (1768-1826), father of C.C. Babington, physician at Ludlow; some herbarium material at CGE. ### Publications ##### n.19.778. The British Rubi **Title** *The British Rubi* an attempt to discriminate the species of Rubus known to inhabit the British Isles... London (John van Voorst,...) 1869. Duod. (on half-sheets). **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. Rubi*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1869 (p. viii: 1 Mai 1869; J. Bot. Aug 1869; Flora 27 Dec 1869, note), p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-viii, \[x-xii\], \[1\]-305. *Copies*: B-S, G, L, MO, NY. *Preliminary papers*: Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 2: 245-276. 1846, 3: 1-7, 51-61. 1847; Ann. nat. Hist. 17: 165-175, 235-248, 314-322. 1846, 19: 17-19, 83-87. 1846, ser. 2.2: 32-43. 1848 (*A synopsis of British Rubi*). − Also p.p. published as a pamphlet, 34 p., 1846. *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 7: 304-308. Oct 1869 (review). - Bagnall, J.E., Fl. Warwicksh. 503. 1891.