> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 420](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189891) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8001-1) LSID 8001-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18526418) QID Q18526418 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Pryor, Alfred Reginald (1839-1881), British botanist; BA Oxon 1862; landed gentleman dedicating himself fully to the flora of Hertfordshire. **Abbreviated name**: *Pryor* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pryor*\] #### Herbarium and types formerly at [[Collection STAL|STAL]]; not traced (came to the Hertfordshire Natural History Society). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 113 (q.v. for a list of variations of given names); BB p. 250; BL 2: 245 (q.v. for add. refs. *Fl. Herts.*), 705; BM 4: 1620; CSP 11: 75, 12: 591; Desmond p. 506-507 (b. 24 Apr 1839, d. 18 Feb 1884); DNB 46: 437-438; GR p. 410; Kew 4: 372; Lenley p. 336; Rehder 5: 693; TL-2/see Jackson, B.D.; Tucker 1: 572. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 5: 352. 1881 (d.), 8: 93. 1881; Bot. Not. 1882: 30 (d. 10 Feb 1881); J. Bot. 13: 126. 1875 (on proposed Fl. Herts.); 18: 124. 1880 (progress), 19: 96. 1881 (d.), 23: 160. 1885 (difficulties in publ. his Flora posthumously); Nat. Nov. 3: 47. 1881 (d. 18 Feb 1881). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 186.11, 186, 15. 1980. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 19: 276-278. 1881, 26: 58-62. 1888 (rev. *Fl. Herts.*). - Dony, J.G., Fl. Bedfordshire 25, 1953, Fl. Hertfordshire 16. 1967. - Druce, G.C., Fl. Buckinghamshire civ. 1926, Fl. Oxfordshire cxxi. 1927. - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 287. 1980. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 73. 1957. - Pryor, R.A., J. Bot. 12: 127. 1874 (announces his work on Fl. Herts.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 5: 114. 1939. ### Publications ##### n.8372. A flora of Hertfordshire **Title** *A flora of Hertfordshire* by the late Alfred Reginald Pryor,... edited for the Hertfordshire natural History Society by Benjamin Daydon Jackson,... with an introduction on the geology, climate, botanical history, etc., of the county by John Hopkinson,... and the editor. London (Gurney & Jackson,...) Hertford (Stephen Austin & Sons) 1887. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Hertfordshire*. **Notes** *Editor*: Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1846-1927); *co-author* of introduction: John Hopkinson (1844-1919). *Publ*.: Oct-Dec 1887 or Jan 1888 (p. vii: Oct 1887; J. Bot. Feb 1888; Bot. Centralbl. 21-25 Mai 1888), p. \[i\]-lviii, \[1\]-588, 3 maps. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY, USDA. – Lichens (p. 520-521) by E.M. Holmes. – The BR copy was signed by the author's mother on 3 Mar 1888. *Preliminary publ*.: Notes on a proposed re-issue of the Flora of Hertfordshire \[referring to R.H. Webb and W.H. Coleman, *Flora hertfordiensis*, London 1849-1859\], Hertford 1875, 14 p., Trans. Watford nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 17-32. 1875 (1878). (n.v.) and *Notes... Hertfordshire* with supplementary remarks on the botany of the Watford district, published in Trans. Watford nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 63-64, 65-77. 1875 (1878) reprint 16 p. (*copy*: USDA).