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### Author
Swanton, Ernest William \[Brockton\] (1870-1958), British botanist, schoolmaster and private tutor; curator Haslemere Museum 1897-1948.
**Abbreviated name**: *Swanton* \[standard form in IPNI: *Swanton*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection HME|HME]]; further material a [[Collection NMW|NMW]].
#### Bibliography and biography
BM 5: 2055; Desmond p. 595 (b. 28 Jun 1870, d. 21 Oct 1958); Kelly p. 221; KR p. 677; LS 26162, 31246, 39791-39794; Stevenson p. 1259.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 233: 93-94. 1964; Illustr. London News 233: 761. 1 Nov 1958.
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. res. Brit. Isl. 366.1. 1980.
- Clegg, J., Museums J. 58: 216-217. 1958; Nature 182: 1412. 1958 (obit. not.); Proc. Bot. Bot. Soc. Bot. Isl. 4(1): 105-106. 1960 (obit.).
- Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 335. 1900.
- Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 254. 1984.
- Ramsbottom, J., Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 30: 4, 5. 1948.
### Publications
##### n.13.516. A monograph of British puff-balls
**Title**
*A monograph of British puff-balls* & earth-balls: (Lycoperdon and Scleroderma)... Naturalist's Journal 1896. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1896, p. \[1\]-6, *pl. I. Copy*: Stevenson. – Issued and to be cited from Natural. J. 5(suppl.): 1-6. 1896.
##### n.13.517. A monograph of British Boleti
**Title**
*A monograph of British Boleti* or the fleshy tube-bearing fungi... \[Naturalist's Journal 1899\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1899, p. \[1\]-13, *1 pl*. (col.). *Copy*: Stevenson. – Issued as and to be cited from Natural. J. 7\[T\]: 1-13. 1899.
##### n.13.518. An annotated catalogue of edible British fungi
**Title**
*An annotated catalogue of edible British fungi*... Huddersfield (Charles Mosley,...) 1900. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Annot. cat. Brit. fung.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1900 (Nat. Nov. Jun(1) 1901), p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-43, *pl. 1-6* (all but no. 1 col.). *Copies*: FH, USDA.
##### n.13.519. A preliminary list of Haslemere fungi
**Title**
*A preliminary list of Haslemere fungi*... Guildford (Biddle & Son,...) \[1903\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Prel. list Haslemere fung.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep 1903, p. \[1\]-18. *Copy*: Stevenson.
##### n.13.520. Fungi
**Title**
*Fungi* and how to know them an introduction to field mycology... London (Methuen & Co....) \[1909\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fungi*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1909 (p. vii: Sep 1909; J. Bot. Jan 1910; Bot. Centralbl. 1 Mar 1910; Nat. Nov. Dec(2) 1909), p. \[i\], *pl. 1* (with text on recto; col.), \[iii\]-xi, 1-210, \[212, colo.\], *pl. 2-48* with text on recto (col.: *1, 7, 8, 9, 15, 29, 33, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48*; rest uncol.).
*Copies*: BR, FH, MICH, NY, USDA.
*Ed. 2, revised*: Oct-Dec 1922 (p. viii: Oct 1922), p. \[i-ii\], *pl. 1*, \[iii\]-xi, 1-210, *pl. 2-48* (id.).
*Copy*: G.
##### n.13.521. British plant-galls
**Title**
*British plant-galls* a classified textbook of cecidology... London (Methuen & Co. Ltd....) \[1912\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Brit. pl. galls*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1912 (p. xii: Jun 1912; J. Bot. Oct 1913; ÖbZ for Oct-Nov 1912; Nat. Nov. Jul(1) 1912, Nov(1) 1912), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp. (= *pl. 3*), \[iii\]-xv, \[1\]-287, \[288, colo.\], *pl. 1-32. Copies*: B-S, BR, HH, NY, PH. – Introduction by Jonathan Hutchinson, 16 col. pl. by Mary K. Spittal.