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### Author
Walton, John (1895-1971), British botanist; studied at Cambridge 1915-1921; botanist on the first Oxford expedition to Spitzbergen 1921; demonstrator of botany Cambridge 1922-1923; lecturer in botany at Manchester Univ.; successor to P.O. Bower as Regius professor of botany at Glasgow 1930-1962.
**Abbreviated name**: *J. Walton* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Walton*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection E|E]], [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection GW|GW]], Hunterian Museum Glasgow.
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 345; Barnhart 3: 457; BM 8: 139; Bossert p. 425; Desmond p. 639 (b. 14 Mai 1895, d. 13 Aug 1971); Hirsch p. 315; IH 1 (ed. 1): 37, (ed. 2): 54, (ed. 3): 65, (ed. 4): 71; Roon p. 121; TL-2/16.041.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 252: 647-648. 1965; Hedwigia 71: (108). 1931 (call to Glasgow); Who was who (London) 7: 830. 1971-1980; Who's who (London) 1931-1971.
- Andrews, H.N., The fossil hunters 135-138. 1980.
- Beck, C.B., Plant Sci. Bull. 17(2): 19. 1971.
- Braid, K.W., Glasgow Naturalist 19: 71-72. 1973 (obit.).
- Pant, D.D., Palaeobotanist 21(1): 127-128. 1974 (obit., portr.).
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 28, 33, 181. 1936, 3: 66, 160, 368, 369. 1937, 5: 406. 1939, 6: 190, 310. 1941, 7: 40. 1943.
### Publications
##### n.16.624. On Rheoxylon
**Title**
*On Rheoxylon*, Bancroft – a Triassic genus of plants exhibiting a liane-type of vascular organisation... London (printed and published for the Royal Society...) 1923. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Rheoxylon*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 25 Jan 1923 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[79\]-108, *pl. 5-6. Copies*: BR, NY. – Issued as Phil. Trans. R. Soc, London ser. B 212: 79-109, *pl. 5-6.* 1923.
##### n.16.625. Carboniferous Bryophyta
**Title**
*Carboniferous Bryophyta* I.... Annals of Botany,... 1925. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1925, cover-t.p., p. \[563\]-572, *pl. 13. Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. 39: \[563\]-572. *pl. 13.* 1925.
##### n.16.626. An introduction to the study of fossil plants
**Title**
*An introduction to the study of fossil plants*... London (Adam & Charles Black...) 1940. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Introd. study foss. pl.*
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: Mai 1940, frontisp., p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-188. *Copies*: GB, HH, LC, LIV, USDA.
*Ed. 2*: 1953, frontisp., p. \[i\]-x, 1-201. *Copies*: B, BR. – London (Adam and Charles Black, ...).
*Ed. 2* (*reprint*): 1958, as 1953 with "slight revisions". *Copy*: LIV.