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### Author
Cheesman, William Norwood (1847-1925), British businessman, naturalist and mycologist, born at Winterton, Lincs, draper of Selby, one of the founders of the British Mycological Society, mainly interested in Mycetozoa, Vice-President Brit. Mycol. Soc. 1923-1924, president 1925 id.
**Abbreviated name**: *W.N. Cheesman*
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection K|K]] (Fungi).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 338; BB p. 62-63; Desmond p. 128 (b. 1 Feb 1847, Winterton, Lincs, d. 7 Nov 1925, Selby, further refs.); Ewan ed. 2: 41; IH 2: 124; Kew 1: 524; LS 5064-5066, 31.988-31.989; LS suppl. 4913-4918.
#### Biofile
- Anon., J. Bot. 63: 376. 1925 (d. 7 Nov, Selby, Yorks.).
- Blackwell, E.M., The Naturalist 877: 53-56. 1961.
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 84.18. 1980.
- Ramsbottom, J., Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 30: 2, 5, 9. 1948.
- Wagner, H., J. Bot. 63: 22. Jan 1926 (brief sketch, d. 7 Nov 1925).
### Publications
##### n.25.697. Mycetozoa
**Title**
Report on the *Mycetozoa* found during the foray *at Keswick*... \[Reprinted from the Transactions of the British mycological Society... 1923\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: William Thomas Elliott (1855-1938).
*Publ*.: 29 Sep 1923 (date on recto of p. \[13\]), p. \[i, recto of 13\], \[13\]-14. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Brit. mycol. Soc. 9(1-2): 13-14. 1923.