> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 224](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068466) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3992-1) LSID 3992-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21515886) QID Q21515886 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Hodgson, William (1824-1901), English botanist and schoolmaster at Watermillock, and Aspatria, Cumberland. **Abbreviated name**: *Hodgs.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Hodgs.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CGE|CGE]], British material. It is not certain whether this is the original herbarium, which, according to Kent, was formerly at [[Collection PEN|PEN]] and now "not traced." Other material at [[Collection OXF|OXF]] (via herb. Haileybury). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 185; BB p. 150; BL 2: 233, 668; BM 2: 852; Clokie p. 184; CSP 15: 879; Desmond p. 313; IH 2: 279 Kew 3: 4; Rehder 5: 396; Tucker 1: 344. - Anon., Bot. Not. 1902: 94; Proc. Linn. Soc. 113: 44. 1901. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 21: 186, 252. 1883, 37: 143. 1899, 39: 191. 1901. - Hodgson, W., Trans. Cumberland Ass. 11: 13-39. 1886 (The hill naturalist). - Kent, D. H., Brit. herb. 60. 1957. - Thomson, The naturalist, Leeds 536: 261-265. 1901 (portr.). #### Handwriting The Naturalist, Leeds, 536: 262. 1901. #### Eponymy *Hodgsonia* F. von Mueller (1860) and *Hodgsoniola* F. von Mueller (1861) are dedicated to John Hodgson, Australian politician and promotor of Australia's exploration. *Hodgsonia* J. D. Hooker & T. Thomson (1854) is dedicated to Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894), English public servant in India, orientalist, linguist and collector of plants and animals. The etymology of *Hodgsonia* H. Persson 1953 and *Neohodgsonia* H. Persson 1954 could not be established. ### Publications ##### n.2843. Flora of Cumberland **Title** *Flora of Cumberland* containing a full list of the flowering plants and ferns to be found in the county, according to the latest and most reliable authorities, by William Hodgson... with an introductory chapter on the soils of Cumberland, by G.J. Goodchild... Carlisle (W. Meals and Company,...) 1898. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Cumberland*. **Notes** *Introduction*: George John Goodchild (1844-1906). *Publ*.: 1898 (Bot. Zeit. 1 Mai 1899; Nat. Nov. Mar(1, 2) 1899), map, p. \[i\]-xxxvi, \[1\]-398, 3 maps. *Copies*: G, MO, NY, USDA. – "Had the author, when dealing with certain groups of plants, consulted those authorities who are always willing to impart to others the knowledge they have themselves obtained at the expenditure of time, trouble, patience and perseverance, he would have produced a more satisfactory book" (Britten 1899). *Ref*.: Britten, J., J. Bot. 37: 184-186. 1899. - Hodgson, W., Trans. Cumberland Ass. 11: 114-126. 1886, 14: 49-72. 1889 (Bot. Solway).