> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 175](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212217) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10442-1) LSID 10442-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21610241) QID Q21610241 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Tate, George Ralph (1835-1874), British physician and botanist; MD Edinburgh; assistant surgeon Royal Artillery; collected in China 1862-1864; son of George Tate (1805-1871). **Abbreviated name**: *G.R. Tate* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.R.Tate*\] #### Herbarium and types Original herbarium not traced; Chinese plants at [[Collection K|K]]; British material in [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection WAR|WAR]]; duplicates of Chinese lichens at [[Collection M|M]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 361; BB p. 296; BL 2: 261, 722; BM 5: 2076; Bret. p. 531; CSP 8: 1061, 11: 555; Desmond p. 599 (b. 27 Mar 1835, d. 23 Sep 1874); Rehder 1: 402; Tucker 1: 679. #### Biofile - Anon., Hist. Berwickshire Natural. Club 7(1873-1875): 334-337. 1876; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1874-1875: lxiv-lxvi (obit.). - Baker, J.G., Nat. Hist. Trans. Northumberland 14(1): 85-86. 1902. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 412.2. 1980. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 81. 1957 (herb. not traced). - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 254. 1984. - Watson, H.C., Topogr. bot. ed. 2. 559. 1883. #### Composite works - (1) *Flora of Alnwick, in* G. Tate, *The history* of the borough, castle and barony *of Alnwick*, 2: 418-435. 1868-1869. - (2) Contributed to A.G. More, *Suppl. fl. vect*. 1871, see TL-2/6291. ### Publications ##### n.13.764. A new flora of Northumberland **Title** *A new flora of Northumberland* and Durham, with sketches of its climate and physical geography, with a map... with a sketch of the geology of the two counties, and a map... \[Natural History Transactions Northumberland... 1868\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *New Fl. Northumberland*. **Notes** *Editors*: G.R. Tate (for Cheviot-Land), J.B. Baker (Tyne-Land and Durham). *Publ*.: 1868 (Flora 23 Dec 1868), map, p. \[i\], \[1\]-316, map 2. *Copies*: BR, HH, NY.– Issued as Nat. Hist. Trans. Northumberland 2: 1-316. 1868.