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### Author
Small, James (1889-1955), British botanist; B.Sc. London 1913; M.Sc. ib. 1916; lecturer at Armstrong College; on active service 1914-1916; lecturer in botany, Bedford College, London 1916-1920; Dr. sci. London Univ. 1919; professor of botany Queen's Univ., Belfast 1920-1954.
**Abbreviated name**: *Js. Small* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Small*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BEL|BEL]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 287; BM 8: 1202; Desmond p. 564 (d. 28 Nov 1955); Hirsch p. 278; Langman p. 703; PH see index, p. 529; SIA 220-227.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Nature 173: 150. 1954 (retirement, biogr. not.); Pharmac. J. 1955: 505. (obit. not.); Who's who (London) 1921-1956; Who was who 5: 1010. 1951-1960.
- Colhoun, J., Irish Natural. J. 12(3): 49-50. 1956 (obit.).
- Fussell, G.E., More old English farming books 98, 99. 1948.
- Hackney, J., Irish natural. J. 17(7): 230. 1972 (coll. at Ulster Mus., rd 1968).
- Heslop Harrison, J., Nature 177: 258-259. 1956 (obit.); Year Book Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 1957, 48-50 (obit.).
- Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 78. 1957 (coll. BFT from 1968 at BEL).
- Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 245. 1984.
- Kertland, M.P.H., Proc. Bot. Soc. Brit. Isl. 2(2): 192-193. 1956 (obit.).
- Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr. lit. Handw.-Buch 6(4): 2471-2472. 1940 (b. 20 Sep 1889, bibl.).
- Praeger, R.L., Some Irish Nat. 155-156. 1949.
- Wherry, E.T., Castanea 22(3): 125-129. 1957 (reminescenses).
### Publications
##### n.12.113. The origin and development of the Compositae
**Title**
*The origin and development of the Compositae*. Thesis approved for the degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London... New Phytologist reprint, no. 11. London (William Wesley & Son,...) 1919. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1917-1919 (in journal, see below; p. vi: Sep 1919; Nat. Nov. Apr/Mai 1920), p. \[i\]-xi, \[xii\], \[1\]-334, *pl. 1-6. Copies*: FI, G, MO, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from New Phytologist 16(7): 157-177. 9 Aug 1917, 16(8-9): 198-221. 14 Nov 1917, 16(10): 253-276. 20 Dec 1917, 17(1-2): 13-40. 11 Mar 1918, 17(3-4): 69-94. 6 Mai 1918, 17(5-6): 114-142. 20 Jun 1918, 17(8-9): 200-230. 14 Nov 1918, 18(1-2): 1-35, *pl. 1-6*. 9 Mar 1919, 18(3-4): 65-89. 14 Mai 1919, 18(5-6): 129, 176. 15 Jul 1919, 18(7): 201-234. 10 Sep 1919.
*Ref*.: S.M., J. Bot. 58: 202-204. Aug 1920 (rev.).