> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 40](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189473) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7299-1) LSID 7299-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20734693) QID Q20734693 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Pamplin, William (1806-1899), British botanist; from 1839 botanical bookseller and publisher in Soho; retired to Llanderfel, North Wales 1863. **Abbreviated name**: *Pamplin* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pamplin*\] #### Herbarium and types Llandderfel herb. at [[Collection OXF|OXF]] (with corr. acquired by G.C. Druce); some ferns in [[Collection AK|AK]], [[Collection E|E]] and [[Collection K|K]]. Further letters at [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection UCNW|UCNW]] (main collection) and National Library of Wales. – Pamplin published sets of exsiccata such as "Flora Dalmatica" and "Vicinity of Adelaide 1846" not provided with collector's names. – Correspondence with D.F.L. von Schlechtendal at [[Collection HAL|HAL]]; further letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 45; BB p. 235; BM 8: 975; Clokie p. 220-221; CSP 4: 748, 17: 692; Desmond p. 477; Henrey 2: 154; Jackson p. 248, 258, 589; Kew 4: 219; NI 917, 927, 2341; PR ed. 1: 7728; Rehder 1: 397, 400; TL-1/74; Urban-Berl. p. 322. #### Biofile - Allen, D.E., The Victorian fern craze 24, 35. 1969; Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. Newsletter 3: 9. 1979 (letters at CBG). - Anon., Bonplandia 1: 22. 1853; Bot. Centralbl. 80: 447. 1899 (d.); Bot. Not. 1900: 47; Bot. Zeit. 1: 408 (bookseller). 1843, 22: 48. 1864 (retires from book trade; moves to Llandderfel; business continued by Dulau & Co.); Gard. Chron. 1899: 59; Hedwigia 39: (40). 1900 (d. 9 Aug 1899); J. Bot. 37: 496. 1899; Österr. bot. Z. 50: 30. 1900 (d. 9 Aug 1899); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 112: 80-81. 1900 (b. 5 Aug 1806); Termt. Közlon. 32: 695. 1900. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 427 \[index\]. 1980. - Dolezal, H., Friedrich Welwitsch 41, 97, 125-126. 1974. - Dony, J.G., Hertfordshire 15. 1967. - Druce, G.C., Fl. Berkshire clxx-clxxi. 1897; Fl. Buckinghamshire xcviii. 1926; Fl. Oxfordsh. 395. 1896; J. Bot. 50: 76. 1912 (herb.). - Foggitt, G., Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. 1932: 285 (herb. acquired by Druce). - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 271. 1980(see no. 2909). - Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.A., Index coll. Edinb. herb. 116. 1970. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 71. 1957; Hist. fl. Middlesex 21. 1975. - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 6: 16. 1900. - Loudon, J.C. & W.J. Hooker, Gard. Mag. 15: 303-304. 1839 (succeeds Hunneman as bookseller). - Pearsall, W.H., Fl. Surrey 50. 1931. - Phillips, R.W., J. Bot. 37: 521-524. 1899 (portr.). - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 84. 1981 (arch. mat. HU). - Thompson, P., Essex Natural. 19: 76. 1920. - Trimen, H. & Thistleton Dyer, Fl. Middlesex 399. 1869. #### Composite works Publisher of *The Phytologist*, a botanical journal, edited by A. Irvine \[new series\] vols. 1-6, 1855-1863. ### Publications ##### n.7275. A botanical tour in the highlands of Perthshire **Title** *A botanical tour in the highlands of Perthshire* by W.P. and A.I.... London (William Pamplin,...) 1857. Qu. **Notes** *Authors*: William Pamplin and Alexander Irvine (1793-1873), the latter editor of the *Phytologist*. *Publ*.: 1857, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-76. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted from the Phytologist 1: 417-424, 446-458, 475-486. 1856.