> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 553](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333692) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9551-1) LSID 9551-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1991246) QID Q1991246 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Shaw, Henry (1800-1889), English-born merchant and benefactor; emigrated to the United States in 1819; engaged in hardware business at St. Louis until 1840; in retirement laying out a garden ("Shaw's garden"), which became the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1858 and founding Shaw's School of Botany at George Washington University. **Abbreviated name**: *H. Shaw* \[standard form in IPNI: *H.Shaw*\] #### Herbarium and types Shaw is not known to have made a herbarium himself, but the herbarium of the Missouri Botanical Garden has become one of the world's major herbaria. – *Diaries and manuscripts*: [[Collection MO|MO]]. *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection GM|GM]], [[Collection K|K]]. – Jackson (1901) lists 30 specimens of Agave as having come from Henry Shaw, St. Louis 1855. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 266 (b. 24 Jul 1800, d. 25 Aug 1889); BB p. 273; BM 8: 1184; Bossert p. 363; Desmond p. 552; ME 1: 229; SO 2798; Tucker 1: 647, 3: 278. 1933. #### Biofile - Anderson, E. & D. Brockhoff, Missouri Bot. Gard. Bull. 55(6): 1-16. 1967. - Anon., Amer. Orch. Soc. Bull. 1(3): 78-81. 1932 (biogr. not., portr.); Bull. Torrey bot. Club 12: 118. 1885 (inauguration Shaw School of botany); Missouri Bot. Gard. Bull. 30: 100-112, portr. opp. p. 193. 1942, 49: 85. 1961 (portr.); Natl. cycl. Amer. biogr. 9: 233. 1899; The merchant's exchange of Saint Louis to Henry Shaw. Testimonial of Respect and gratitude adopted Dec. 19, 1878. St. Louis 1879, 24 p. - Bailey, L.H., Stand. cycl. hort. 3: 1595-1596. 1915. - Bryan, J.A., Henry Shaw, botanist-benefactor and George Ingham Barnett, architect. St. Louis, Mo, 63 p.). - Butler, J.D., Missouri Bot. Gard. Bull. 44: 146-148. 1956 (personal memories). - Deken, J.M. & J.R. Reed, Henry Shaw, his life and legacy. Missouri Bot. Gard. 1977, 16 p. - Dimmock, Th., *in* W. Trelease, ed., Missouri Bot. Gard. \[Ann. Rep. 1:\] 7-25. 1890 (biogr., portr.). - Engelmann, G. & A. Gray, *in* Missouri Bot. Gard. Bull. 30: 100-112. 1942. - Ewan, J. et al., Short Hist. bot. U.S. 9, 43, 44, 244. 1969. - Faherty, W.B., Missouri Bot. Gard. Bull. 72(1): 3-7. 1984. - Gray, J.L., Letters A. Gray 837 \[index\]. 1893. - Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 60 (30 specimens of Agave sent to K by Shaw). - Lemmon, K., Country Life 173: 1162-1164. 1983. - Spaulding, P., Pop. Sci. Mon. 74: 57, 128, 130, 240, 246, 247-249. 1909. - Starr, F., Appl. Pop. Sci. Mon. 52(5): 639-640. 1898. - Trelease, Wm., *in* L.H. Bailey, Stand. Cycl. hort. 2: 1595-1596. 1941 (portr.). - Wilson, J.G. & J. Fiske, eds., Appleton's Cycl. Amer. biogr. 5: 485. 1888. #### Eponymy Henry Shaw School of Botany, George Washington University, St. Louis; Henry Shaw medal (of the Missouri botanical Garden). ### Publications ##### n.11.863. The Rose **Title** *The Rose*: historical and descriptive; gathered from various sources by Henry Shaw. St. Louis (R.P. Studley & co.) 1879. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rose*. **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1879, p. \[1\]-29. *Copies*: LC, Univ. Illinois. *Ed*. \[*2*\]: 1882, p. \[1\]-64. *Copies*: MO, US. ##### n.11.864. Plants of the Bible **Title** *Plants of the Bible*. At the Missouri Botanical Garden. St. Louis (R.P. Studley & Co.,...) 1884. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. Bible*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1884, p. \[1\]-16. *Copy*: NY.