> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 883](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190354) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8583-1) LSID 8583-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2635090) QID Q2635090 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Roscoe, William (1753-1831), British (English) historian, botanist and banker at Liverpool 1774; devoting himself to literary studies 1794; partner in a bank 1799; lost money 1816, bankrupt 1820; founder of the Liverpool botanical garden, 1802. **Abbreviated name**: *Roscoe* \[standard form in IPNI: *Roscoe*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LIV|LIV]] (plants as well as letters and original drawings for *Monandr. pl.*); some material also at [[Collection PH|PH]]; other letters are at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection K|K]] ad [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. – Roscoe's library was sold by auction, Liverpool 1816. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 599; Backer p. 499; Barnhart 3: 177; BB p. 261-262; Blunt p. 214; BM 4: 1729; Bossert p. 338; CSP 5: 274; Dawson p. 711-712; Desmond p. 530 (b. 8 Mar 1753, d. 30 Jun 1831); DNB 49: 222-225 (concise dict. p. 1128); DU 267; Frank 3 (Anh.): 85; GF p. 74; Herder p. 150, 289; Hortus 3: 1202; IH 1 (ed. 7): 341, 2: (files); Jackson p. 121, 413; Kew 4: 515; Langman p. 645; Lasègue 539; Lenley p. 354; MW p. 417-418; NI 1677, see also 1: 129; Plesch p. 386-387; PR 7764-7765, ed. 1: 8720; Rehder 1: 53; RS p. 137; SK 4: ccx; SO 803, add 835b; Sotheby 657-658; TL-/1101; TL-2/937; Zander ed. 10, p. 708, ed. 11, p. 808. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. litt. 2: 1865-1868. 1878 (very detailed biogr.). - Baines, E., Hist. Lancastershire 2: 377-379. 1870 (n.v.). - Bartlett, H., 55 rare books no. 55. 1949. - Bioletti, R., Liverpool Libraries Museums & Arts Committee Bulletin 1962/63: 9-13 (acquisition of 231 drawings and 259 sheets of manuscript notes by the Liverpool libraries). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 432 \[index\]. 1980. - Chandler, G., William Roscoe of Liverpool, Liverpool 1953, xxxvi, 470 p. (library and de luxe ed.; main modern biography). - Coats, A.M., Gard. Chron. 1964(2): 529, 534 (portr.); Huntia 2: 206. 1965 (portr.). - Cullen, J., Notes R. bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 417-721. 1973. - Dallman, A.A. & M.H. Wood, Trans. Liverpool Bot. Soc. 1: 87-88. 1909 (biogr. data, bibl.). - Dawson, W.R., Smith papers 78-83. 1934 (lists extensive corr. Smith/Roscoe). - Graustein, J.E., Thomas Nuttall 11, 56, 57, 74, 75, 86, 89-90, 287. 1967. - Greenwood, E.F., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Nat. 9(4): 376. 1980. - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 92-93. 1906 (portr. at Kew). - Roscoe, Henry, The life of William Roscoe, by his son, Boston, 2 vols. Boston 1833, xii, 370 and x, 374 p. (portr., extensive general biography). - Smith, P., Mem. corr. J.E. Smith 2: 301. 1832. - Stansfield, H., Handb. Guide herb. coll. Liverpool 32, 35, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 54, 59. 1935; Liverpool libraries, Museums & Arts Committee Bulletin 5(1,2): 19-61. 1955 (biogr., portr.; Roscoe as a botanist). - Steenis-Krusemann, M. J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 28: 2364. 1974. - Urban, S., Gentleman's Mag. 101: 179-181. 1831 (n.v.). #### Handwriting Liverpool Libr. Mus. Arts Comm. Bull. 5(1, 2): fig. 15. 1955. #### Eponymy *Roscoea* J.E. Smith (1805); *Note*: *Roscoea* Roxburgh (1832) probably also honors W. Roscoe, but no derivation was given. ### Publications ##### n.9505. Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae **Title** *Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae*, chiefly drawn from living specimens in the botanic garden at Liverpool. Arranged according to the system of Linnaeus, with descriptions and observations, by William Roscoe,... Liverpool (printed by George Smith) \[1824-\] 1828. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Monandr. pl. Scitam.* **Notes** *Publ*.: in 15 parts 1824-1828, for extensive details see Cullen (1973), who includes an index to plates with name, number, part and date; p. \[i-xii\], *pl. 1-112* (handcol. liths.) with text. *Copies*: BR, G, HH, NY; IDC 5688. – 150 copies printed. *1/2*: Feb-Apr 1824, *pl. 6, 8, 22, 29, 34, 47, 53, 59, 62, 68, 69, 83, 93, 97, 103, 112.* *3/4*: distributed before 29 Mai 1824, possibly already in second half of 1824, *pl. 19, 20, 49, 52, 86, 109, 74, 50, 23, 24, 76, 95, 77, 71.* *5/6*: Nov-Dec 1825, *pl. 58, 1, 63, 33, 25, 96, 14, 108, 60, 110, 88, 105, 90, 55, 61, 82.* *7/8*: 7 Apr-24 Jul 1826, *pl. 12, 13, 36, 80, 17, 18, 30, 48, 111, 73, 56, 94, 104.* *9/10*: 7 Oct-8 Dec 1826, *pl. 11, 15, 27, 28, 92, 51, 87, 21, 106, 42, 45, 5, 70, 46, 101, 83, 99.* *11/12*: 1827, before 5 Apr, *pl. 9, 10, 43, 44*, 57, *54, 35, 38, 84, 91, 16, 102, 76, 64, 89, 39, 98*. *13/14*: 23 Oct 1827-29 Feb 1828, *pl. 31, 2, 7, 37, 67, 66, 40, 26, 81, 78, 75, 65, 41, 70.* *15*: letterpress p. \[i-xii\], Jun-Aug 1828. The lithographs of drawings are by several artists, listed in the preface (Thomas Allport; Rebecca Miller, Margaret Roscoe, Mrs J. Dixon, Ellen Yates, Emily Fletcher, Mary Waln) accompanied by letterpress. The numbers assigned to them in the systematical list do not reflect the order of publication. See Sotheby 657 for notes on the lithography. *Preliminary paper*: Trans. Linn. Soc. 8: 330-357. 9 Mar 1807 (new arrangement Scitamineae), see also 10: 50-78. 8 Mar 1810 (on artificial and natural systems) and 11: 270-282. 24 Jan 1816 (remarks on Roxburgh's descr. of Monandrous pl.). *Ref*.: Cullen, J., Notes R. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 417-421. 1973.