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### Author
Bancroft, Edward Nathaniel (1772-1842), British botanist and physician, studied medicine in Cambridge, M.B. 1794, M.D. 1804, military physician at the Windward Islands, Portugal and Egypt; settled in Kingston (Jamaica) 1811-1842, ultimately general inspector of the local military installations; son of Edward Bancroft.
**Abbreviated name**: *E.N. Bancroft* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bancr.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection K|K]] (incl. corr.); further material at [[Collection CGE|CGE]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 116; BB p. 18 (b. 1772); CSP 1: 75; Desmond p. 34 (b. London 1772, d. Jamaica 18 Sep 1842); DNB 3: 106-107; Hortus 3: 1188; IH 2: 53; Kew 1: 150.
#### Biofile
- Mabberley, D.J., Taxon 30(1): 7-17. 1981 (Edw. N. Bancroft's obscure journal publications and his father's plant names; identifications).
- Stearn, W.T., J. Arnold Arb. 46: 265. 1965.
- Urban, I., Symb. ant. 3(1): 19. 1902.
#### Composite works
- (1) Contributed to John Lunan, *Hort. jamaic.* 1814, see TL-2/5096.
#### Eponymy
*Bancroftia* Macfadyen 1837 (ING 1: 175).