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### Author
Linton, Edward Francis (1848-1928), English botanist of independent means; Univ. College Oxford D. A. 1871, M. A. 1874; 1871-1875 curate at St. Paul's, Preston; 1875-1878 rector at St. George's-in-the-Fields; 1878-1888 vicar at Sprowston, Norfolk; 1888-1901 retired at Bournemouth; 1901-1920 rector at Edmondsham, Dorset; ultimately at Southbourne, Hampshire.
**Abbreviated name**: *E. Linton* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.F.Linton*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BM|BM]] (British pl., 14.000), [[Collection CGE|CGE]] (foreign). Distributed *Sets of British willows* (6 fasc., 1892-1898, 1912-1913); *British Rubi, in dried specimens*, with W. R. Linton, R. P. Murray and W. Moyle Rogers (125 nos. in 5 fasc., 1892-1895), and *Sets of British Hieracia*, with W. R. Linton, fasc. 1-4, 1896-1898, nos. 1-100. For further details see IH and Kent.
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 4: 255; Barnhart 2: 389; BL 2: 683; BM 3: 1152; Clokie p. 201; CSP 16: 803-804; Desmond p. 387; De Toni 4: xxxvii; Hortus 3: 1198 ("Linton"); IH 1 (ed.6): 361, 2: 449; Kent p. 65; Kew 3: 464; LS suppl. 16297-16299; Rehder 5: 516; Tucker 1: 435; Urban-Berl. p. 370; Zander ed. 10, p. 686, ed. 11, p. 782.
- Anon., J. Bot. 66: 56. 1928.
- Druce, G. C, Bot. Soc. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. Rep. 8(5): 708-710. 1929.
- Hanbury, F. J., J. Bot. 66: 81-86. 1928 (portr., bibl. by J. Ardagh) (b. 16 Mar 1848, d. 9 Jan 1928).
- Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 104. 1970.
- Jackson, B. D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 41 (coll.).
- Kent, D. H., Brit. herb. 65. 1957.
- Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM (NH) 1: 163. 1904.
- Pearsall, W. H., Fl. Surrey 56. 1931.
- Praeger, R. L., Botanist in Ireland 73. 1934; Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. 7: cxxviii. 1901.
#### Eponymy
*Lintonia* O. Stapf (1911) commemorates A. Linton (fl. 1904-1906), collector in East Africa.
### Publications
##### n.4856. British Hawkweeds
**Title**
*British Hawkweeds* \["Journal of Botany" for May, June, and July, 1893\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1893, p. \[1\]-17, as reprint. *Copy*: G. – Originally published in J. Bot. 31: 145-149. Mai 1893, 177-182. Jun 1893, 195-202. Jul 1893 and to be cited from journal.
##### n.4857. British species of Utricularia
**Title**
*British species of Utricularia*. (Illustrated by Dorset specimens)... Dorchester ("Dorset County Chronicle" Printing Works) 1894. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1894, cover, p. \[i\], \[iii\], \[81\]-89, *1 pl*. (col. lith. M. J. S. Hanbury). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted with cover and new preface material from Proc. Dorset nat. Hist. Antiq. Field Cl. 15: 81-89. 1894. To be cited from journal.
##### n.4858. Flora of Bournemouth
**Title**
*Flora of Bournemouth* including the Isle of Purbeck being an account of the flowering plants, ferns, &c. of the country within a twelve-mile radius of the centre of Bournemouth ... Bournemouth (H. G. Commin,... Bright's Stores,... W. Mate & Sons,...) \[1900\], Oct. (*Fl. Bournemouth*).
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: Jul-Aug 1900 ("list of subscribers to June 12, 1900," J. Bot. Sep 1900; Nat. Nov. Nov(2) 1900), map, p. \[i\]-viii, \[ix\] \[as "vii"\], 1-290. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY, USDA.
*Ed. 2*: Aug-Sep 1919 (J. Bot.), p. \[i\]-viii, \[ix\] \[as "vii"\], 1-304, map. *Copy*: G. – "Second issue with appendix 1919 Sold by J. G. Commin,... and at Bright's Stores, Bornemouth..." A re-issue of the 1900 sheets with an appendix, a list of *Rubus* by Rev. William Moyle Rogers (1835-1920) and some minor additions.
*Second Appendix*, p. 304 \[sic\]-326, Edinburgh, Sep-Oct 1925 (n. v., see J. Bot. 63: 338. 1925), also issued with reissue of ed. 2.
*Ref*.: Britten, J., J. Bot. 38: 152 ("before the summer"), 361-362. Sep 1900 ("publ.").