> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 439](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266116) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1857-1) LSID 1857-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4243070) QID Q4243070 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Craib, William Grant|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Craib, William Grant (1882-1933), Scottish botanist, born at Kirkside, Banff, early education at the Banff and Fordyce Academies, at Aberdeen University, graduated in arts 1907, with special distinction in botany, MA Aberdeen 1907, acting curator of the herbarium of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Calcutta 1908, herbarium assistant at Kew 1909-1915, lecturer in forest botany Edinburgh 1915-1920, regius professor of botany at Aberdeen 1920-1933. **Abbreviated name**: *Craib* \[standard form in IPNI: *Craib*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]] (1300) and Kew (310). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 391 (b. 10 Mar 1882, Banff, d. 1 Sep 1933, Kew); BL 2: 297, 643; BM 6: 238; Desmond p. 156 (b. 10 Mar 1882, Kirkside, Banff, d. Kew, Surrey 1 Sep 1933); Hortus 3: 1191; IH 2: 143; Kew 1: 637-638; MW p. 86-87; MW suppl. p. 52; SK 4(2): 64; TL-2/1: 562; Tucker 1: 177, 771; Zander ed. 10, p. 648, ed. 11, p. 737. #### Biofile - Anon., Kew Bull. 1909(5): 225 (asst. India staff Roy. Bot. Gardens by the Secretary of State for India in Council), 1915(7): 355-356 (asst. Univ. Edinburgh), 1920(3): 112 (appt. by the Crown, Regius Professor of botany in the University of Aberdeen), 1933(7): 367.25 Sep 1933 (d. 1 Sep 1933 at Kew); Times 2 Sep 1933; Gard. Chron. 94: 210.1933 (d.). - A.F.G. K\[err\], Kew Bull. 1933(8): 409-412. 1 Nov 1933 (biogr., list of principal works). - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world no. 583. 1984. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 238. 1938 (director Aberdeen, Cruickshank Bot. Gard. Univ. 1930-1933). - Gibb, *in* Verdoorn, F., Chron. bot. 1: 157. 1935 (brief note). - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 86. 1972. - Jacobs, M., Fl. males. Bull. 28: 2306.1975 (see BSE-News 13: 4-5.1974 on chairs of botany in Scotland). - Reed, C.F., Bibliogr. Fl. S.E. Asia 40-48. 1969. - Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 71: 299-300. 1933 (obit.). ### Publications ##### n.28.020. flora of Banffshire **Title** The *flora of Banffshire*... Banff \[Transactions of the Banffshire Field Club\] 1912. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1912 (text submitted 2 Nov 1911), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-111. *Copies*: B-S, BM, HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from the Trans. Banffshire Field Club 1911: 1-111. 1912. – Also issued as Aberdeen Univ. Studies 54. 1912. – See also BL 2: 297. *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 50: 208. Jun 1912 (note of publ.). ##### n.28.021. Flora **Title** Contributions to the *Flora* of *Siam... Dicotyledones*... Aberdeen (Printed for the University of Aberdeen) 1912-\[1913\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. Flora Siam, Dicot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: \[*1*\]: 1912 (after 12 Aug 1912), cover-t.p., p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-210. *Copies*: L, U. – Issued as Aberdeen Univ. Studies no. 57. – *Note*: This is an amended version of publications with the same title in Kew Bull. 1911(1): 7-60 (Polypet.), (10): 385-474 (Gamopet.), 1912(3): 144-155, (6): 264-269 (Addimenta I and II), with an index added. \[*2*\]: *Contributions... Monocotyledones*... Aberdeen (Printed for the University of Aberdeen) 1913. Oct. (*Contr. Flora Siam, Monocot.*), cover-t.p., p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-41. *Copies*: HH, L, U. – Issued as Aberdeen Univ. Studies no. 61. – *Note*: This is a reprint of the publication in Kew Bull. 1912(10): 397-435, with an index added. ##### n.28.022. New species **Title** *New species* of *Enkianthus*... Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh... 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1919 (date on p. \[155\]), p. \[155\]-162. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11(54): 155-162. 1919. ##### n.28.023. Hardy species **Title** *Hardy species* of *Enkianthus* under cultivation in the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh... Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh... 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1919 (date on p. \[163\]), p. \[163\]-168. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11(54): 163-168. 1919. ##### n.28.024. New species **Title** *New species* of *Primula*... Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh... 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1919 (date on p. \[169\]), p. \[169\]-178. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11(54): 169-178. 1919. ##### n.28.025. Primula Davidii **Title** *Primula Davidii* and its allies... Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh... 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1919 (date on p. \[179\]), p. \[179\]-184. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11(54): 179-184. 1919. ##### n.28.026. Polygala furcata **Title** *Polygala furcata*, Royle, and its allies... Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh... 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1919 (date on p. \[185\]), p. \[185\]-188. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11(54): 185-188. 1919. ##### n.28.027. new Chinese Pseudotsuga **Title** A *new Chinese Pseudotsuga*... Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh... 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1919 (date on p. \[189\]), p. \[189\]-190, *pl. 160-161* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11(55): 189-190, *pl. 160-161.* 1919. ##### n.28.028. Gesneracearum Novitates **Title** *Gesneracearum Novitates*... Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh... 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1919 (date on p. \[233\]), p. \[233\]-254. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11(55): 233-254. 1919. ##### n.28.029. Didissandra **Title** *Didissandra* and allied genera in *China and N. India*... Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh... 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1919 (date on p. \[255\]), p. \[255\]-268. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11(55): 255-268. 1919. ##### n.28.030. Revision **Title** *Revision* of *Petrocosmea*... Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh... 1919. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*: Nov 1919 (date on p. \[269\]), p. \[269\]-275. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11(55): 269-275. 1919.