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### Author
West, George Stephen (1876-1919), British phycologist; B.A. Cambridge 1898, D.Sc. Birmingham 1908; professor of Natural Science, R. Agricultural College, Cirencester 1899-1906; lecturer in botany, Birmingham Univ. 1906-1909; Mason professor of botany ib. 1909-1919.
**Abbreviated name**: *G.S. West* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.S.West*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BIRM|BIRM]]; important set at [[Collection BM|BM]]. – *Drawings* at [[Collection BM|BM]]; algological *library* at [[Collection BIRM|BIRM]]; *letters* to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]]; other letters at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 479; BB p. 321; BM 5: 2296, 8: 1417; CSP 19: 558; Desmond p. 651 (b. 20 Apr 1870, d. 7 Aug 1909); IH 1 (ed. 6): 366, (ed. 7): 345; NI 2: 273, 3: 68; Nordstedt p. 32, suppl. 16; TL-2/10.891, see F.E. Fritsch.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 104: 464. 1907 (app. Birmingham), 111: 366. 1909 (prof. bot.); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 255: 757. 1965; Nature 103: 470-471. 1919 (obit. not.); Nat. Nov. 29: 205. 1907 (app. Birmingham), 31: 415. 1909 (prof. bot.), 42: 130. 1920 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 57: 487. 1907 (app. Circenster), 59: 327. 1919 (prof. bot.); Science ser. 2. 1: 249. 1919 (d.); Who's who (London) 1902-1919; Who was who (London) 1916-1928: 1110.
- Druce, G.C., Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isl. 5(5): 630-633. 1920 (obit., list publ.).
- Grove, W.B., J. Bot. 57: 283-284. 1919 (obit.); Bull. misc. inf. Kew 1919: 314 (obit. not.).
- Lowden, G.S., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 1984.
- Newton, L.M., Phycol. Bull. 1: 19. 1952 (herb. BIRM).
- Prescott, G.W., Bibl. Desmid. univ. 539-540. 1984.
- Rendle, A.B., J. Quekett micr. Club ser. 2. 14. 104-105. 1919 (obit.).
#### Composite works
See under W. West, Comp. Works 3, 4 and nos. 17.229-17.230, 17.235-17.239.
#### Eponymy
*Westiella* Borzi (1907, also honors W. West (*q.v.*)) and the derived generic name *Westiellopsis* Janet (1941).
### Publications
##### n.17.211. The alga-flora of Cambridgeshire
**Title**
*The alga-flora of Cambridgeshire*... Reprinted from the "Journal of Botany", London (West, Newman & Co.) 1899. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Feb-Jul 1899 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[i\], \[1\]-47, *pl. 394-396. copies*: FH, H. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 37: 49-58. Feb, 106-116. Mar, 216-225. Mai, 262-268. Jun, 291-299. Jul 1899.
##### n.17.212. On some algae from hot springs....
**Title**
*On some algae from hot springs....* Reprinted from the "Journal of Botany",... 1902. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1902, cover-t.p., p. 241-148, *pl. 439. Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 40: 241-248, *pl. 439.* 1902.
##### n.17.213. A treatise on the British freshwater algae
**Title**
*A treatise on the British freshwater algae*... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1904. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Treat. Brit. freshw. alg.*
**Notes**
*Ed*. \[*1*\]: Jul-Aug 1904 (p. vii: 7 Apr 1907; Nat. Nov. Oct(2) 1904; Bot. Zeit. 1 Dec 1904), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xv, err. slip, \[1\]-372. *copies*: B, FH, H, LIV, MICH, NY, PH, USDA.
*Ed. 2*: Apr-Jun 1927 (p. vii: 6 Mar 1926; Nat. Nov. Jul 1927), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xvii \["xv"\], \[xviii\], \[1\]-534. *Copies*: B, FH, G, H, LIV, MICH, MO, NY, PH; IDC 7139. – New and revised edition in great part rewritten by F. \[Felix\] E. \[Eugen\] Fritsch \[1879-1954\]. *A treatise... algae* in which are included all the plgmented protophyta hitherto found in British freshwaters... Cambridge (id.) 1927. Oct.
*Facsimile ed*.: 1968, p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xvii, \[xxviii\], \[1\]-534. *Copies*: FAS, NY. – Bibliotheca phycologica Band 3, Wheldon & Wesley, J. Cramer and Stecher-Hafner Service Agency Inc. ISBN 3-7682-0532-0.
*Ref*.: Fritsch, F.E., J. Bot. 42: 387-388. Dec 1904 (rev.).
- Griffiths, B.M., J. Bot. 65: 204-206. Jul 1927.
##### n.17.214. Report on the freshwater algae
**Title**
*Report on the freshwater algae*, including phytoplankton, of the *Third Tanganyika Expedition*, conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington, 1904-1905,... London (sold at the Society's Apartments,...) 1907. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 14 Oct 1907, cover-t.p., p. 81-197, *pl*. *2-10* (uncol.). *copies*: B, G, M, NY. – Issued and to be cited as J. Linn. Soc. 38(264): 81-197. *pl. 2-10* 1907.
##### n.17.215. The algae of the Yan Yean Reservoir
**Title**
*The algae of the Yan Yean Reservoir*, \[Victoria\], a biological and oecological study ... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany... 1909. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 11 Mar 1909, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-88, *pl. 1-6* (uncol.). *copies*: G, M, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc, Bot. 39(1): \[1\]-88. 1909.
##### n.17.216. A further contribution to a comparative study of the
**Title**
*A further contribution to a comparative study of the* dominant phanerogamic and higher cryptogamic *flora* of aquatic habit *in Scottish lakes*... Edinburgh (published by Robert Grant,...) 1910. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 12 Jan 1910, cover-t.p., p. 65-181, \[182\], *pl*. *1-62. Copy*: NY. – "Issued separately" as Proc. R. Soc. Edinburgh 30(2): 65-182. 1910. – First Contributions ib. 35(11): 967-1023. 1905.
##### n.17.217. Algological notes
**Title**
*Algological notes*... Reprinted from the "Journal of Botany",... 1911-1916. Oct.
**Notes**
*1-4*: Mar 1911, cover-t.p., p. \[82\]-89. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 49: 82-89. 1911.
*5-9*: Mar 1912, cover-t.p., p. \[79\]-89. – Id. 50: 79-89. 1912.
*14-17*: Mar 1915, cover-t.p., p. 73-84. – Id. 53: 73-84. 1915.
*18-23*: Jan 1916, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-10. – Id. 54: 1-10. 1916.
*copies*: B, G, US.
##### n.17.218. A contribution to our knowledge of the freshwater algae of Columbia
**Title**
*A contribution to our knowledge of the freshwater algae of Columbia*... \[Neuchatel (Attinger Frères,...) 1914\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1914, p. \[1013\]-1050, *pl. 21-22. copies*: NY, US, USGS. – Reprinted and to be cited from O. Fuhrmann & E. Mayor, *Voy. expl. Sci. Colombie*, Mém. Soc. neuch. Sci. nat. 5: \[1013\]-1050. 1914, TL-2/5750.
##### n.17.219. A contribution to the cytology and life-history of Zygnema ericetorum
**Title**
*A contribution to the cytology and life-history of Zygnema ericetorum* (Kütz.) Hansg., with some remarks on the "genus" Zygogonium... Reprinted from the New Phytologist ... 1915. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun-Jul 1915 (in journal), p. \[194\]-205. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from New Phytol. 14 (6-7): \[194\]-205. 1915.
##### n.17.220. Algae
**Title**
*Algae* volume 1 Myxophyceae, Peridineae, Bacillariaceae, Chlorophyceae, together with a brief summary of the occurrence and distribution of freshwater algae... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1916. Oct. †.
**Abbreviated title**: *Algae*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1916 (p. \[v\]: 1 Aug 1916; Nat. Nov. Jan (1, 2) 1917), p. \[i\]-viii, \[ix-x\], \[1\]-475.
*copies*: B-S, BR, FH, G, MICH, MO, NY, PH, USDA.
*Ref*.: Fritsch, F.E., J. Bot. 55: 83-85. 1917 (rev.).