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### Author
Newman, Edward (1801-1876), British printer, editor, pteridologist and entomologist; prolific author
**Abbreviated name**: *Newm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Newman*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BM|BM]] (herbarium and drawings); correspondence with William Wilson (1799-1871) at [[Collection NY|NY]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 549; BB p. 228; BM 3: 1427-1428; Bossert p. 285; CSP 4: 600-604, 8: 494; Desmond p. 463; DNB 40: 338; Hortus 3: 1200 ("Newm."); IF p. 723, suppl. 1: 132; IH 2: (in press); Jackson p. 231, 239, 247; Kew 4: 138; Lenley p. 314; PR 6686-6687 (ed. 1: 7470-7471); Rehder 1: 220, 2: 663; SO 3453-3454; Zander ed. 10, p. 697, ed. 11, p. 795.
- Allen, D. E., Victorian fern craze 82 \[index, many entries\]. 1969.
- Anon., Bonplandia 3: 33. 1855 (cogn. Leopoldina: Latreille), 6: 49. 1858; Bot. Not. 1877: 60 (d. 12 Jun 1876); Bull. Soc. bot. France 23 (bibl.): 46. 1876 (d.); Entom. mon. Mag. 13: 45-46. 1876 (b. 13 Mai 1801,d. 12 Jun 1876); Entomologist 9: v-xxix. 1876 (obit., portr., b. 13 Mai 1801); Gard. Chron. ser. 2. 5: 823. 1876 (obit.); Trans. Proc. Bot. Soc., Edinburgh 13: 14-16. 1879; Zoologist 1876: iii-xxii.
- Bagnall, J. E., Fl. Warwickshire 500. 1891.
- Benedict, R. C., Amer. Fern J. 21: 144-145. 1931 (on Hist. brit. ferns).
- Britten, J., J. Bot. 14: 223-224. 1876.
- Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit. deceased entomol. 274. 1977.
- Kent, D. H., Brit. herb. 70: 1957 (ferns at BM).
- Moore, S., Fl. Cheshire lxxxvi. 1899.
- Newman, E., The letters of Rusticus, 1849, viii, 163 p.
- Pearsall, W. H., Fl. Surrey 52. 1931.
- Praeger, R. L., Bot. Ireland 78. 1934.
- Saunders, S. S., Trans. (Proc.) entom. Soc. London 1876: xlii-xliii (obit.).
#### Composite works
Editor of the *Phytologist*, 1841-1856, vols. 1-5 (vols. 1 and 2(1) with George Luxford, 1807-1854); of the *Zoologist* 1843-1876; of the *Entomologist*, vol. 1, 1840, and 2-9, 1864-1876 (from 1840-1864, merged with the *Zoologist*).
### Publications
##### n.6776. A history of british ferns
**Title**
*A history of british ferns*... London (John van Voorst,...) 1840. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Hist. brit. ferns*.
**Notes**
*Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1-5 Feb 1840 (Geol. Soc. London rd. 5 Feb 1840), p. \[i\]-xxxiv, \[xxxv-xxxvi\], \[1\]-104, err. slip. *Copies*: B-S, FI, USDA.
*Ed*. \[*2*\]: 1844, p. \[i\]-xxxii, \[1\]-424. *Copies*: BR, FH, MO, US, USDA; IDC 5303. – "*A history of british ferns*, and allied plants by..." London (id.) 1844. Oct. – Actually a different book.
*Ed*. \[*3*\]: Feb-Mar 1854, p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-344. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, UC. – "*A history of british ferns by*..." London (id.) 1854. Qu.
*Ed. 4*: 1865 (J. Bot. Sep 1865), p. \[1\]-196, *pl. 1-6. Copy*: NY. – School edition, London (id.) s.d. Oct.
*Ed. 5*: Jun 1875 (J. Bot. Jul 1875), p. \[1\]-198, \[1-13, expl. pl.\], *pl. 1-6*, \[1\]. *Copies*: BR, HU, MO. – "*A history of british ferns by*... Fifth or people's edition. With plates and glossary; also directions for drying ferns; and full instructions when to find, how to distinguish, and how to cultivate every british fern." London (W. Swan Sonnenschein & Allen,...) s.d. Oct.
*Ed. 6*: Mar 1880 (J. Bot. Apr 1880), (n.v.).
*Ed*. \[*5* = *7*\]: Apr 1882 (Nat. Nov. Mai(2) 1882; Bot. Not. 30 Jun 1882), (n.v.).
*Ref*.: N.L., Bot. Zeit. 40: 433. 30 Jun 1882 (rev. ed. 5 = 7).
##### n.6777. Synoptical table of the british ferns
**Title**
*Synoptical table of the british ferns* \[Appendix to the Phytologist for 1851\] Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Syn. tabl. brit. ferns*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1851 (cover), p. \[i\]-xxxii. *Copy*: NY.