> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 360](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265557) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/16359-1) LSID 16359-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568447) QID Q3568447 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Borrer, William (1781-1862), British botanist and horticulturist, born at Henfield in Sussex, educated by private tutors, self-made botanist, "with ample leisure and an adequate income", associated with W.J. Hooker and D. Turner, travelled extensively throughout Britain, later closely associated with C.C. Babington. **Abbreviated name**: *Borrer* \[standard form in IPNI: *Borrer*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]], further material at [[Collection BM|BM]] (in herb. E. Forster), [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]] (lich.), [[Collection HAMU|HAMU]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection M|M]] (lich.), [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection SFD|SFD]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 458, 4: 717; Barnhart 1: 224 (b. 13 Jan 1781, d. 10 Jan 1862); BB p. 39; BM 1: 203; Clokie p. 135-136; CSP 1: 499 (4 entries); Dawson p. 17 (8 letters to Banks); Desmond p. 76 (further refs.); DNB 5: 406; Frank 3(Anh.): 13; GR p. 368, 656; GR cat. p. 60; Hegi 4(2): 1028; Hortus 3: 1189; IH 2: 87; Jackson p. 242; Kew 1: 309-310; LS 3408; PR 1016, ed. 1: 1141; SBC p. 116; TL-2/see indexes; Zander ed. 10, p. 638, ed. 11, p. 725. #### Biofile - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 254 \[index, 11 entries\]. 1967. - Allen, D.E., The botanists 75. 1986. - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 18: 348. 1860 (brief sketch of life); Flora 46(12): 190-191. 1863 (herb. to K); Mss. Papers Brit. Scientists 1600-1940. 11. 1982 (corr. papers etc. at K, further material at LINN and CGE). - Boulger, G.S., *in* C.E. Salmon, Fl Surrey 49. 1931. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 386 \[index\]. 1980. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 398. 1880. - Dawson, W.R., The Smith Papers 17. 1934 (8 letters to J.E. Smith). - Druce, G.C., Fl. Berkshire clxiv. 1897. - Fournier, E., *in* H.E. Baillon, Dict. bot. 1: 455. 1877. - Hawksworth, D.L. and M.R.D. Seaward, Lichenology Brit. Isles 1568-1975. 10, 58, 197. 1977 (lichens K, BM, E, LINN). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 44. 1957. - Kent, D.H. and D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish Herb. 98. 1984 (collections). - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 15. 1906. - Moore, S., ed., Fl. Cheshire lxxviii. 1899. - Pearsall, W.H., Fl. Surrey 49. 1931. - Riddelsdell, H.J., Fl. Gloucestershire cxviii. 1948. - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 20(19): 152. 9 Mai 1862. - Smail, H.C.P., Watsonia 10(1): 55-60. 1974 (biogr., evaluation, b. 13 Jun 1781, Henfield (Sussex), d. 10 Jan 1862 (ib.); main source for our caption). - Turner, D. and L.W. Dillwyn, Bot. Guide England Wales 596-632. 1805. - W.W.N., J. Bot. 1: 31-32. 1863 (obit.). - Watson, H.C., Topogr. Bot. ed. 2. 558-559. 1883. - Wolley-Dod, A.H., Fl. Sussex xl. 1937. #### Composite works - (1) D. Turner and W. Borrer, *Spec. lichenogr. brit.* 1839, see TL-2/15.368. #### Eponymy *Borreria* G.F.W. Meyer 1818 (ING 1: 221).