> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 45](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259549) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/20016438-1) LSID 20016438-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6223090) QID Q6223090 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Farmer, John Bretland (Sir) (1865-1944), British botanist, born 5 Apr 1865 in Atherstone (Warks.), attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Atherstone but, owing to ill-health, after five years was educated privately, M.A. 1883 Oxon., demonstrator in natural sciences 1883-1887, demonstrator in botany 1887-1892, Asst. Prof. of Botany, Royal College of Science (now Imperial College), London 1892-1895, then Prof. 1895-1929, F.R.S. 1900, visited Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) ca. 1905, knighted 1926, died 26 Jan 1944 in Exmouth (Devon). **Abbreviated name**: *J.B. Farmer* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.B.Farmer*\] #### Herbarium and types Perim Island, Yemen: [[Collection K|K]]. – Mss. materials in the Imperial College Archive and at Kew. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 121, 301; Barnhart 1: 527; Biol.-Dokum. 5: 65.137-65.141; BM 2: 557, 6: 313; Bossert p. 122; CSP 14: 927; Desmond p. 217, ed. 2: 241; De Toni 4: xxii; DNB 19: 64. 2004; DSB 4: 545-546; Hirsch p. 80; IH 2: 190; Kew 2: 234, Kew List 22; Moebius p. 449 (index); Portr. 3: 418; Rehder 5(index): 271; Tucker 3: 103. #### Biofile - Anon., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 79: 20. 1926 (portr.), ser. 3, 95: 54. 1934 (portr.); Intl. address book botanists: 180. 1931; Times \[London\] \[newspaper\]: 27 Jan 1944; North West. Nat. 19: 310-311, *pl. 16* (portr.). Dec 1944. - Blackman, V.H., 1944. Nature 153: 397-398. - Blackman, V.H., 1945. Obit. Notices Fellows Roy. Soc. 5(14): 17-31. (bibl., port.) - Blatter, E., 1914. Rec. Bot. Surv. India 8: 489. \[Perim Island plants sent to Kew in 1895\] - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., 1980. Nat. hist. manuscript resources British Isles: 400. (index) - Dörfler, I., 1896. Botaniker-Adressbuch: 81; 1902. Id., ed. 2: 106; 1909. Id., ed. 3: 156. - \[Engelmann, W.\], 1891. Botanisches Adressbuch: 76. - Gibson, J.A. & E.C. Nelson, 2001. Cumulative index Archives Nat. Hist.: 57. - Pingree, J., 1976. J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Hist. 7: 373. \[re. archives\] - Quaritch, B., 1943. A cat. of books and periodicals on botany incl. the important library of Sir John Bretland Farmer...: 40 p. \[Book catalogue no. 608\] (n.v.) - Tabor, R.J., 1945. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 156: 205-207. - Wickens, G.E., 1982. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 312. #### Composite works - (1) Farmer was a.o. the co-editor with Sir Henry Charles Burdett (1847-1920), *Science Progress, a quarterly review of current scientific investigation*, vols. 1-7 (Mar 1894-Oct 1898); editor, *Gardeners Chronicle* (1904-1907); and co-editor, *Annals of Botany* (Oxford), vols. 20-50 and Id., ser. 2, vols. 1-4 (1906-1940). - (2) Co-author in 1904, with John Edmond Sharrock (1870-1947), of the terms *meiosis* (originally misspelled "maiotic phase") and *mitosis*; see also Troyer, J.R., Arch. Nat. Hist. 18: 31-50. 1991. - (3) Farmer, "assisted by a staff of specialists", edited *The book of nature study*... London (Caxton Publishing Company) \[1908-1910\], 6 vols. - (4) With A.D. Darbishire transl. into English, H. de Vries, *Mutationstheorie*... \[1900\] 1901-1902, see TL-2/6, nr. 16.378; the transl., *The Mutation theory*... (1909-1910), subsequently reprinted... New York (Kraus Reprint) 1969. ### Publications ##### n.33.845. structure **Title** On the *structure* of a *hybrid fern*... Annals of Botany... 1897. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1897 (in journal, Nat. Nov. Feb (2) 1898), *pl. 23* (part. col. lith.), *24* (uncol. phot.), p. \[533\]-544. *Copies*: B, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 11(44): 533-544, *pl. 23-24.* 1897. *Ref*.: Solms, H., Bot. Zeitung, 2 Abt. 56 (Abt. II): 38-39. 1 Feb 1898 (rev.). ##### n.33.846. Contributions **Title** *Contributions* to our *knowledge* of the *Fucaceae*: their life-history and cytology... Philosophical Transactions Royal Society London... 1898. Qu. **Notes** *Co-author*: Williams, John Lloyd (1854-1945), see IH 2: 1162. *Publ*.: 22 Nov 1898 (date on p. 623, read 16 Jun 1898; Nat. Nov. Dec (1) 1898), cover-t.p., p. 623-645, *pl. 19-24* (uncol.). *Copies*: FH, G, HH, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, ser. B, Biol. Sci. 190: 623-645, *pl. 19-24.* 1898. *Ref*.: Klebahn, H., Bot. Zeitung, 2 Abt. 57 (Abt. II): 203-205. 1 Jul 1899 (rev.). ##### n.33.847. structure **Title** On the *structure* and affinities of *Helminthostachys zeylanica*... Annals of Botany ... 1899. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Freeman, William George (1874-x), see indices TL-2/6, 2/7 and IH 2: 208. *Publ*.: Sep 1899 (in journal, Nat. Nov. Sep (2) 1899), p. \[421\]-445, *pl. 21-23* (uncol. lith.). *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 13(51): 421-445, *pl. 21-23.* 1899. ##### n.33.848. structure **Title** On the arrangement and *structure* of the *vascular strands* in *Angiopteris evecta*, and some other Marattiaceae... Annals of Botany... 1902. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Hill, Thomas George (1876-1954). *Publ*.: Jun 1902 (in journal, Nat. Nov. Aug (1) 1902), p. \[371\]-402, *pl. 16-18* (uncol. lith.). *Copies*: B, NY (n.v.). – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 16(62): 371-402, *pl. 16-18.* 1902. ##### n.33.849. cytology **Title** On the *cytology* of *apogamy* and *apospory*. – I. Preliminary note on apogamy... From the Proceedings of the Royal Society... \[1903\]. Oct. **Notes** *Co-authors*: Moore, John Edward S. (fl. 1903) and Digby, Lettice (fl. 1903-1919), see TL-2/Suppl. 5: 338. *Publ*.: Jun 1903 (journal cover, rec'd. 24 Mar \[1903\], read 26 Mar 1903), cover-t.p., p. \[453\]-457. *Copies*: B, NY (n.v.). – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Roy. Soc. London 71(475): 453-457. 1903. ##### n.33.850. apospory **Title** Studies in *apospory* and *apogamy* in *ferns*... Annals of Botany... 1907. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Digby, Lettice (fl. 1903-1919), see TL-2/Suppl. 5: 338. *Publ*.: Apr 1907 (in journal, Nat. Nov. Mai (2) 1907), cover-t.p., *pl. 16-20* (uncol. lith.), p. \[161\]-199. *Copies*: B, L, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 21(82): 161-199, *pl. 16-20.* 1907. *Ref*.: Winkler, H.K.A., Bot. Zeitung, 2. Abt. 65 (Abt. II): 236-239. 16 Jul 1907 (rev.). ##### n.33.851. cytological features **Title** On the *cytological features* exhibited by certain varietal and *hybrid ferns*... Annals of Botany... 1910. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Digby, Lettice (fl. 1903-1919), see TL-2/Suppl. 5: 338. *Publ*.: Jan 1910 (in journal, Nat. Nov. Feb (2) 1910), cover-t.p., p. \[191\]-212, *pl. 16-18 *(uncol. lith.). *Copies*: B, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 24(93): 191-212, *pl. 16-18.* 1910. ##### n.33.852. dimensions of chromosomes **Title** On *dimensions of chromosomes* considered in relation to phylogeny... Philosophical Transactions... 1914. Qu. **Notes** *Co-author*: Digby, Lettice (fl. 1903-1919), see TL-2 Suppl. 5: 338. *Publ*.: 30 Mar 1914 (date on p. \[1\], submitted 8 Nov 1913, read 4 Dec 1913, Nat. Nov. Apr (1) 1914), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-25, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. draw.). *Copies*: K, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, ser. B, Biol. Sci. 205: 1-25, *pl. 1-2.* 1914. ##### n.33.853. Plant life **Title** *Plant life*... London (Williams & Norgate...) \[1913\]. Duod. \[17.5 cm\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. life*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1913 ("First printed June 1913,...", in reprint), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii-viii\], \[9\]-255, \[i, printer's mark\]. *Copies*: BM (n.v.) BR, HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), LC (n.v.), NY (n.v.). *Microfilm*: Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State Univ. Libraries), 1991, 1 reel (35 mm). *Copy*: (n.v.). – Issued in series, Home University Library of modern Knowledge nr. 71. *Ref*.: Boulger, G.S., J. Bot. 53(1): 37-38. Jan 1915 (rev.). - *Reprint*: Mar 1926,... London (Williams & Norgate Ltd.)/New York (H. Holt and Company). *Copies*: MICH (n.v.), PE. - \[*Another printing*?\] 1929,... London (T. Butterworth). *Copy*: Cornell Univ. (n.v.).