> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 574](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190045) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8130-1) LSID 8130-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6254165) QID Q6254165 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Ramsbottom, John (1885-1974), British botanist; BA Univ. of Cambridge 1909; at the Botany Department of the British Museum of natural History, from 1910 as mycologist, from 1928 as deputy keeper, from 1930-1951 as keeper; general secretary of British mycological Society 1921-1945; editor of the Transactions 1919-1942; president of the Linnean Society of London 1938-1941. **Abbreviated name**: *Ramsb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Ramsb.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]]. – Letters to W.G. Farlow and R. Thaxter at [[Collection FH|FH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Ainsworth p. 346 \[index\]; Barnhart 3: 126; BM 8: 1047; Bossert p. 323; Desmond p. 510 (b. 25 Oct 1885, d. 14 Dec 1974); GR p. 411; IH 1 (ed. 2): 75, (ed. 3): 94, (ed. 4): 103, (ed. 5): 107, (ed. 6): 156, 2: (files); Kelly p. 185-186, 256; Kew 4: 399-400; NI 1: 133, 135, 2: nos. 1584-1585, 3: 50; SO 3722; Stevenson p. 1255; TL-1/1220; TL-2/776, 778, 1290. #### Biofile - Anon., Bull. Brit. mycol. Soc. 9(1): 58. 1975 (obit. notice); Essex Natural. 28(5): 271-272. 1951 (Victoria Medal of Honour, Roy. Hort. Soc), 33(2): no. 1973/74(1975) (obit.); Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 72: 246. 1922 (portr.).; J. Bot. 48: 216. 1910 (app. assistant at BM(NH)), 55: 167. 1917 (temporary protozoologist at Salonica), 66: 32. 1928 (deputy keeper Dept. Bot. BM(NH)), 67: 344. 1929 (keeper of botany BM(NH)); Nature 166: 387-388. 1950 (retirement); Proc. Linn. Soc. 1966: 105-106 (Linnean gold medal); The Times 1 Jun 1938, 17 Dec 1974. - Bergdolt, E., Karl von Goebel ed. 2. 232. 1941. - Bisby, G.R., Trans. brit. mycol. Soc. Fifty-year index 19-20. 1952. - Bridson, G.D.R.et al., Brit. nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 269, 293. 1980. - Lloyd, C.G., Mycol. Notes 57: 813, 830. 1919 (portr.). - P.H.G., Trans. brit. mycol. Soc. 65(1): 1-6. 1975 (obit., portr. functions). - Pilát, A., Ceská Mykol. 20(3): 202. 1966 (80th birthday). - Ramsbottom, J., Trans. bot. mycol. Soc. 30: 13. 1948 (president of Society 1924, 1946; general secretary 1921-1945, editor 1919-1942). - Stearn, W.T., Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 301, 303-304, 306-307, 313. 1981. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 31, 40, 47, 171, 174, 340. 1935, 2: 2, 28, 31, 34, 44, 58, 187, 188, 194, 196. 1936, 3: 2, 26, 27, 32, 164, 165, 169. 1937, 4: 85, 184, 245, 5: 16, 38, 166. 1941. - Wakefield, E.M., Trans. Linn. Soc. 49(1): 1-6. 1966 (tribute, portait). #### Composite works - (1) *Fungi pathogenic to man*, in vol. 8 of *A system of bacteriology in relation to medicine*, London 1931, p. 11-46, 58-70. 1931. (See also J. Bot. 70: 32. Jan 1932). - (2) With T.A. Sprague, A. J. Willmott and E.M. Wakefield, *Proposals by the sub-committee on nomenclature*, appointed by the Imperial botanical Conference, London 1924, in T.A. Sprague, ed., International Botanical Congress Cambridge (England), 1930. *Nomenclature proposals by British botanists*. London Aug 1929, p. 7-45, see also J. Bot. 67: 336-339. Dec 1929. #### Festschrift Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 49(1). 1966. #### Handwriting Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 65: *pl. 2.* 1975. #### Eponymy *Ramsbottomia* Buckley (1923). ### Publications ##### n.8619. A handbook of the larger British fungi **Title** *A handbook of the larger British fungi* by John Ramsbottom,... based on the Guide to Sowerby's models of British fungi; in the Department of botany, British Museum (Natural History), by Worthington George Smith \[1835-1917\]... London (printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum...) 1923. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Handb. larg. Brit. fung.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr-Jun 1923 (p. iv: Mar 1923; BR rd. 1 Dec 1923; Nat. Nov. Jul 1923; J. Bot. Aug 1923; NY rd. Aug 1923), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-222. *Copies*: BR, DBN, E, FH, G, NY, PH, Stevenson, US, USDA. *Facsimile reprints*: Apr 1944, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-222; second reprint 1946, third 1948, fourth 1949, fifth 1951, sixth 1961, seventh 1965. *Copy* of seventh reprint: NY. *Ref*.: Rea, C., J. Bot. 61: 222-223. Aug 1923 (rev.). - Murrill, W.A., Torreya 23: 107-108. Nov-Dec 1923 (rev.). - Ulbrich, E., Hedwigia 64(2): (83)-(84). 29 Dec 1923. ##### n.8620. The taxonomy of fungi **Title** Presidential address *The taxonomy of fungi*... Cambridge (at the University. Press ...) 1926. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 26 Aug 1926 (in journal), cover with above title, p. \[25\]-45. *Copy*: FH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 11(1/2): 25-45. 1926. ##### n.8621. Fungi **Title** Benn's sixpenny library. *Fungi* an introduction to mycology... London (Ernest Benn Limited...) \[1929\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fungi*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1929 (E copy rd. 22 Mar 1929; J. Bot. Mai 1929), p. \[1\]-80. *Copy*: Natl. Libr. Scotland.