> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 1003](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190474) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8752-1) LSID 8752-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25690) QID Q25690 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Russell, John sixth duke of Bedford (1766-1839), British nobleman and maecenas residing at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire; succeeded to the dukedom 1802; lord-lieutenant of Ireland 1806-1807; patron of George Gardner (1812-1849); published the Woburn Abbey series of botanical works. **Abbreviated name**: *J. Russell* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Russell*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. – Letters at [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 4: 72; Barnhart 3: 194; BB p. 265; BM 4: 1769-1770; Bossert p. 342; Dawson p. 723-724; Desmond p. 535 (b. 6 Jul 1766, d. 20 Oct 1839); DNB 49: 454; NI (alph.); PR 2959-2962, alph., ed. 1: alph., 3265-3268. #### Biofile - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 105, 109. 1967. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 255.62, 277.5. 1980. - Burdet, H.M., Musées de Genève 153: 9-14. 1975 (portr.). - Dawson, W.R., Smith papers 84. 1934 (letters to J.E. Smith). - Hooker, W.J., Copy of a letter addressed to Dawson Turner,... on the occasion of the death of the late Duke of Bedford: particularly in reference to the services rendered by his Grace to botany and horticulture. Glasgow (printed by George Richardson...) 1840. Qu., 25 p., plate Bedfordia salicina (*copies*: HH, LC). - Nelmes & Cuthbertson, Curtis's Bot. Mag. Dedic. 1827-1829, p. 19-20 (portr.). - Pritzel, G.A., Linnaea 19: 460-461. 1846. #### Composite works Published and wrote introductions to the volumes of the "Woburn Abbey series", see James Forbes, TL-2/1815 (*Salict. woburn.*), 1816 (*Hort. woburn.*), 1817 (*Pinet. woburn.*), and under G. Sinclair for *Hortus gramineus woburnensis* and *Hortus ericaeus*. For notes on the series see e.g. H.M. Burdet (1975). #### Eponymy *Bedfordia* A.P. de Candolle (1833). *Note*: *Russellia* J.B. Risatti (1973) honors E.E. Russell, American geologist; *Russellites* S.H. Mamay (1968) was named for Mr. and Mrs. Mart Russell of Weymour, Texas, U.S.A.; *Russellodendron* N.L. Britton et J.N. Rose (1930) was probably named for Paul G. Russell (1889-1963), American botanist who collected with Rose.