> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 539](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333678) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/26557-1) LSID 26557-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q951610) QID Q951610 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Seward, Albert Charles (1863-1941), British paleobotanist; lecturer (later fellow) St. John's College Cambridge 1890; professor of botany Cambridge 1906-1936; also Master of Downing College 1915-1936; FRS 1898; knighted 1936; after retirement working in London (Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist.) and Oxford. **Abbreviated name**: *Seward* \[standard form in IPNI: *Seward*\] #### Herbarium and types Seward "collected very little until late in his life" (T.M. Harris). The collections studied by Seward are mostly at Cambridge (palaeobot.); some material from West Greenland at [[Collection CGE|CGE]]. – Archival mat. see Bridson (1980). – *Letters* to W.G. Farlow at [[Collection FH|FH]]; other letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 331-332; Barnhart 3: 262 (b. 9 Oct 1863, d. 11 Apr 1941); BJI 2: 163; BM 4: 1906-1907, 8: 1180; Bossert p. 361; CSP 18: 707-708; Desmond p. 550-551; De Toni 4: liii; DNB 1941-1950: 771-773; DSB 12: 339-340 (T.M. Harris); Hirsch p. 272; Lenley p. 366; Moebius p. 382; MW p. 445; NW p. 57; PH 239; Rehder 2: 8; TL-2/see 7583, M.A. Pocock, A.C. Seward; Tucker 1: 646, 3: 277. #### Biofile - Andrews, H.N., The fossil hunters 110-114. 1980 (portr.). - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 75: 96. 1898 (FRS), 102: 592. 1906 (prof. bot. Cambr.); Bot. Monatschr. 16: 155. 1898 (FRS); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 219: 688-691. 1964; Hedwigia 46: (144). 1907 (prof. bot. Cambr.), 76: (141). 1936 (retirement; knighted). J. Bot. 79: 48. 1941 (d.); Nat. Nov. 28: 627. 1906, 29: 205. 1907 (prof. bot. Cambr.); Nature 58: 34. 1898, 142: 386-387; North Western Naturalist 16: 209-210, *pl. 23.* 1941 (obit., portr.); Pharmac. J. 1941: 186 (d.); Who's who, London 1897-1930; Who was who 1941-1950: 1040. - Bergdolt, E., Karl von Goebel ed. 2. 137-139. 1941. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 64.20, 69.19, 229.528, 311.2. 1980. - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 105. 1978. - Glass, B. et al., Forerunners Darwin 4, 260, 307. 1918. - Harris, T.M., New Phytologist 40(3): 161-164. 1941 (obit.). - Huxley, L., Life Letters J.D. Hooker 1: 486, 521, 2: 430, 432. 1918. - Kräusel, R., Ber. deut. Bot. Ges. 68a: 101-104. 1955 (obit., portr.). - Levyns, M.R.B., Insnar'd with flowers 27, 31, 103. 1977. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 660. 1985. - Richards, P.W., Chron. bot. 7(1): 40-41. 1942 (obit., portr.). - Schmid, B. & C. Thesing, Biol. Kalend. 1: 315. 1914. - Stearn, W.T., Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 234, 241, 298. 1981. - Stockmans, F., Natural. Belg. 29: 46-48. 1948 (obit.). - Thomas, H.H., Obit. Not. Fell. R. Soc. 3(10): 867-880. 1941 (obit., bibl., with note by F.O. Bower); Nature 147: 667-668. 1941 (obit.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 28, 32, 40, 71, 157, 160, 172, 188, 257. 1935, 2: 28, 33, 36, 43, 146, 177, 193, 197, 198, 249, 330. 1936, 3: 156, 165, 169, 186, 358, 390. 1937, 4: 69, 85, 97. 184. 428, 454, 562. 1938, 5: 81, 360, 433. 1939, 6: 20, 305, 427. 1941, 7: 40, 41, 343. 1943; Man. pteridol. 639 \[index\]. 1938. - Walters, S.M., The shaping of Cambridge botany 121 \[index\]. 1981. - Wulff, E., Intr. hist. pl. geogr. 24, 163, 199, 201. 1943. - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 789. 1899. #### Composite works - (1) Editor *Darwin and modern science* essays in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The origin of species. Cambridge (at the University Press) 1909, xviii, 595 p., *4 pl*. (repr. 1910). - (2) Editor *Science and the nation* essays by Cambridge graduates. Cambridge (at the University Press) 1917, xxii, 328 p. - (3) Editor, H.H.W. Pearson, *Gnetales*, 1929, see TL-2/7582. #### Eponymy *Sewardia* R. Zeiller (1900); *Sewardiella* Kashyap (1915); *Sewardiella* A. Fucini (1936); *Sewardiodendron* R. Florin (1958); *Sewardioxylon* K.M. Gupta (1971). ### Publications ##### n.11.816. Fossil plants as tests of climate **Title** *Fossil plants as tests of climate* being the Sedgwick prize essay for the year 1892... London (J.C. Clay and Sons,..) 1892. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Foss. pl. climate*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1892 (Bot. Zeit. 1 Jan 1893; Bot. Centralbl. 23 Nov 1892), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-151. *Copies*: G, NY, U. *Preliminary publ*.: Naturalist 1891 (May): 149-155. (*Fossil climates*). *Ref*.: Hick, Th., J. Bot. 31: 57-58. Feb 1893 (rev.). ##### n.11.817. Catalogue of the Mesozoic plants **Title** *Catalogue of the Mesozoic plants* in the Department of Geology British Museum (Natural History). *The Wealden Flora*.... London (printed by order of the Trustees...) 1894-1895, 2 parts. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Mesoz. pl., Weald. Fl.* **Notes** *1*: 1894 (p. viii: 19 Mar 1894; Bot. Zeit. 1 Aug 1894; J. Bot. rev. Sep 1894), p. \[i\]-xxxviii, \[xxxix-xl\], \[1\]-179, \[181\]. *pl. 1-11* with text. *2*: 16 Nov-31 Dec 1895 (p. vi: 16 Nov 1895; Bot. Zeit. 1 Jan 1895), p. \[i\]-viii, \[ix-xi\], \[1\]-259, \[261\], *pl. 1-20* with text. *Copies*: BR, HH, U, PH, USGS; IDC 5011. *Ref*.: Carruthers, W., J. Bot. 34: 232-234. Mai 1896 (rev. vol. 2). - D.H.S., J. Bot. 32: 282-284. Sep 1894 (rev.). - Seward, A.C., Geol. Mag. dec. 4. 1: 384. 1894 (note on Catalogue). - Solms, H., Bot. Zeit. 52: 230. 1 Aug 1894 (rev.). ##### n.11.818. Fossil plants **Title** *Fossil plants* for students of botany and geology... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1898-1919. 4 vols. **Abbreviated title**: *Foss. pl.* **Notes** *1*: Mar-Apr 1898 (p. viii: Mar 1898; Bot. Centralbl. 21 Apr 1898; Bot. Zeit. 1 Mai 1898; J. Bot. rev. Jul 1898), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xviii, \[1\]-452. – Thallophyta through Sphenophyllales (p.p.). *2*: 1910 (p. viii: 12 Mar 1910; Bot. Centralbl. 26 Jul 1910; Bot. Zeit. 16 Aug 1910; J. Bot. rev. Apr 1911), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xxi, \[xxii\], \[1\]-624. – Sphenophyllales-Psilotales-Lycopodiales. *3*: 1917 (p. viii: 10 Feb 1917; J. Bot. rev. Oct 1917), p. \[i-ii\], portr. René Zeiller \[1847-1915\], \[iii\]-xviii, \[1\]-656. – Pteridospermae, Cycadofilices, Cordaitales, Cycadophyta. *4*: 1919 (p. \[viii\]: 18 Jun 1919; J. Bot. rev. Nov 1919), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[ = iii-iv\], \[v\]-xvi, \[1\]-543. – Ginkgoales, Coniferales, Gnetales. *Copies*: B, BR, FI, G, HH, MO, NY, PH, U, UC, USGS. *Facsimile reprint*: 1963, New York and London (Hafner Publishing Company) 1963, 4 vols. – Only difference in imprint t.p.'s and texts on p. \[ii\]. *Copies*: NY, UC, USDA. *Reviews J. Bot.*: 1, W. Carruthers, 36: 277-278. Jul 1898, 2, H.H. Thomas, 49: 129-131. Apr 1911, 3: E.J.S., 55: 292-293. Oct 1917, 4: E.J.S., 57: 323-324. Nov 1919. ##### n.11.819. La flore wealdienne de Bernissart **Title** *La flore wealdienne de Bernissart*... Bruxelles (Polleunis & Ceuterick,...) 1900. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. weald. Bernissart*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1900 (Bot. Centalbl. 26 Jul 1900), p. \[1\]-37, \[39, expl. *pl*.\], *pl. 1-4* (uncol.). *Copies*: G, U, US, USDA. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mém. Mus. r. Hist. nat. Bruxelles 1: 1-37, \[39\], *pl. 1-4.* 1900. ##### n.11.820. Catalogue of the Mesozoic plants **Title** *Catalogue of the Mesozoic plants* in the Department of Geology British Museum (Natural History). *The Jurassic flora*... London (printed by order of the Trustees...) 1900-1904, 2 parts. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Mesoz. pl., Jurass. fl.* **Notes** *1* (The Yorkshire coast): 1900 (p. vi: 20 Nov 1900; Bot. Centralbl. 21 Mar 1901; Bot. Zeit. 16 Mai 1901), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-341, \[343\], *pl. 1-21* with text. *2* (Liassic and Oolitic floras of England): 1904 (p. viii: Mar 1904; Bot. Centralbl. 2 Aug 1904), p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-192, \[193\], *pl. 1-13* with text. *Copies*: BR, HH, U, USGS; IDC 5011. – Constitute vols. 3 and 4 of the *Catalogue of Mesozic plants*; for vols. 1 and 2 see above; for vol. 5 see under M.C. Stopes. *Ref*.: Arber, E.A.N., Bot. Centralbl. 98: 637-639. 1905 (rev.). - Solms, H., Bot. Zeit. 62: 219. 1904 (rev.). ##### n.11.821. Fossil floras of Cape Colony **Title** *Fossil floras of Cape Colony*... \[Cape of Good Hope (Trustees of the South African Museum...)\] 1903. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 22 Oct 1903, issued and to be cited from Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 4(1): \[1\]-122, *pl. 1-14* (uncol.). *Copy*: USGS. *Ref*.: Solms, H., Bot. Zeit. 62(2): 155-156. 16 Mai 1904. ##### n.11.822. Links with the past in the plant world **Title** *Links with the past in the plant world*... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1911. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Links past pl. world*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1911 (p. viii: Jul 1911\], p. \[i\]-viii, \[ix\], \[1\]-142. *Copies*: MO, U, USGS. *Facsimile ed*.: 1965, New Delhi (Today and Tomorrow). *Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 46 (Lit.): 52-53. 1912 (rev.). - J.G., J. Bot. 49: 374-375. Dec 1911 (rev.). ##### n.11.823. Mesozoic plants from Afghanistan **Title** *Mesozoic plants from Afghanistan* and Afghan-Turkistan... Calcutta (sold at the office of the Geological Survey...) 1912. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1912, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-57, *pl. 1-7*, \[59\]. *Copies*: NSUB, NY, U-UB, Univ. Illinois. – Issued as Mem. Geol. Surv. India ser. 2. 4(4): 1912. in series *Palaeontologica indica*. ##### n.11.824. Lower Gondwana plants from the Golabgarh Pass **Title** *Lower Gondwana plants from the Golabgarh Pass*, Kashmir... Calcutta (sold at the office of the Geological Survey...), London (Messrs. Kegan Paul...), Berlin (Messrs. Friedländer und Sohn) Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Low. Gondw. pl. Golabgarh*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1912, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-10, *pl. 1-3* with text. *Copy*: BR. – Issued as Mem. Geol. Surv. India, Palaeontologia indica, ser. 2. 4(3). 1912. *Facsimile repr*.: 1979, Dehra Dun (Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh,...). As original, see Taxon 29: 389. 1980. – *Copy*: FAS. ##### n.11.825. Antarctic fossil plants **Title** *Antarctic fossil plants*... London (printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum...) 1914. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Antarct. foss. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 24 Oct 1914 (date on cover), p. \[i\], \[1\]-49, *pl. 1-8* with text. *Copy*: USDA. – Brit. Mus., Brit. Antarct. ("Terra Nova") Exp. 1910, Nat. Hist. Rep., Geol. 1(1). 1914. ##### n.11.826. Indian Gondwana plants **Title** *Indian Gondwana plants*: a revision... Calcutta (sold at the office of the Geological Survey of India,...) 1920. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Ind. Gondw. pl.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Birbal Sahni. *Publ*.: 1920 (p. \[iii\]: Apr 1919), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-54, *pl. 1-7. Copies*: NSUB, USGS, Univ. Illinois. – Issued as Mem. Geol. Surv. India ser. 2. 7(1), 1920 in the series *Palaeontologica indica*. *Postscript*: 1 p. dated Dec 1925, added to copies as an errata sheet. *Facsimile ed*.: 1979, Dehra Dun (Bishen Singh...). *Copies*: FAS, MO. ##### n.11.826a. A summer in Greenland **Title** *A summer in Greenland*... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1922. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Summer Greenl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug-Sep 1922 (p. 5: 5 Aug 1922; ÖbZ rd Oct 1922-Feb 1923), p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-xi, \[xii-xiii, maps\], \[xiv\], \[1\]-100, *pl. 129. Copies*: HH, NY. *Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 61: 58-59. 1923 (rev.). ##### n.11.827. Plant life through the ages **Title** *Plant life through the ages*, a geological and botanical retrospect... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1931. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Plant life ages*. **Notes** *Illustrations*: nine reconstructions of ancient landscapes drawn by Edward Vulliamy. *Publ*.: 1931 (p. xvi: Jan 1931; rev. J Bot. Oct 1931; Kew Bull. 24 Nov 1931), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xxi, \[1\]-601. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY, PH, U, USDA. *Other issue*: 1931, New York (The Macmillan Company), Cambridge... *Copy*: HH. *Ed. 2*: 1933 (p. xvi: Apr 1933; J. Bot. Mai 1934), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xxi, \[1\]-603. *Copies*: NY, PH. *Facsimile ed*. (of ed. 2): 1959, New York (Hafner Publishing Co.), as ed. 2 but with a different imprint on p. \[iii\], and add. text on p. \[iv\]. *Copies*: B, G, NY. *Facsimile ed*. (ed. 2): 1966, as 1959 facsimile. *Ref*.: Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 69: 267-269. Oct 1931 (rev.). - Gothan, W., Bot. Jahrb. 65 (Lit.): 39-40. 1932. ##### n.11.828. Some late Palaeozoic plants from the Belgian Congo **Title** *Some late Palaeozoic plants from the Belgian Congo*... Extrait des Bulletins de la classe des Sciences, Académie royale de Belgique... 1931. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: shortly after 11 Apr 1931 (date of presentation), p. 1-12, *pl. A, B. Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Cl. Sci. Acad. r. Belg. ser. 5. 17(4): 532-543. 1931. ##### n.11.829. Plants **Title** *Plants* what they are and what they do... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1932. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Plants*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Apr 1932 (p. x: Dec 1931; J. Bot. rev. Aug 1932; MO rd 14 Mai 1932; Nat. Nov. Jun 1932), p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-141. *Copies*: FI, MO. *French transl*.: 1932, p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-164, \[165, cent.\]. *Copies*: BR. – *Les plantes* ce qu'elles sont ce qu'elles font. Préface de Mr. P.A. Dangeard... traduit de l'Anglais par Mr. Pierre Gavaudan..." Paris (Hermann & Cie,...) 1932. Oct. ##### n.11.830. Plant records of the rocks **Title** *Plant records of the rocks*... Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C. \[1933\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1933, cover-t.p., p. \[363\]-371. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted from the Smithsonian Report for 1932: 363-371. 1933. ##### n.11.831. Fossil plants from Kingigtok **Title** *Fossil plants from Kingigtok* and Kagdlunguak, West Greenland... København (C.A. Reitzels Forlag...) 1935. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Foss. pl. Kingigtok*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Verona Margaret Conway. *Publ*.: 12 Nov-31 Dec 1935 (printing finished 12 Nov 1935), p. \[1\]-41, \[42-43\], *pl. 1-5* with text. *Copy*: PH. – Meddel. Grønl. 93(5). 1935. ##### n.11.832. Additional cretaceous plants from western Greenland **Title** *Additional cretaceous plants from western Greenland*... Stockholm (Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri-A.B.), Berlin (R. Friedländer & Sohn...), Paris (Librairie C. Klincksieck...) \[1936\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Add. Cretac. pl. Greenland*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Verona Margaret Conway. *Publ*.: 31 Dec 1935 or somewhat later (printed 31 Dec 1935; p. dated 1935), p. \[1\]-41, *pl. 1-6 Copies*: NSUB, NY, U, US. – Issued as K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. handl. ser. 3. 15(3). 1935. ##### n.11.833. Geology for everyman **Title** *Geology for everyman*... Cambridge (at the University Press) 1945. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Geol. everyman*. **Notes** *Preface*: Henry Lyons. *Publ*.: 1945, p. \[i-ii\], portr., \[iii\]-xi, \[1\]-312, *pl. 1-8. Copy*: U.