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### Author
Linton, Rev. William Richardson (1850-1908), English botanist; ultimately vicar of Shirley (1886); brother of E. F. Linton.
**Abbreviated name**: *W. R. Linton* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.R.Linton*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection LIVU|LIVU]] (rd. 1908). – Published sets of *Hieracia, Salices* and *Rubi*, partly with E. F. Linton, R. P. Murray and W. M. Rogers; see under E. F. Linton. – Material at [[Collection BEL|BEL]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection STI|STI]], [[Collection UCSW|UCSW]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 389; BB p. 189; BJI 1: 37; BL 2: 234, 683; BM 3: 1152; Clokie p. 201; CSP 16: 804; Desmond p. 388; De Toni 4: xxxvii; IH 1 (cd. 6): 361, 2: 449; Kent p. 65; Kew 3: 465; Rehder 5: 516; Tucker 1: 435; Urban-Berl. p. 380.
- Anon., Bot. Not. 1908: 47; Irish Natural. 17: 87. 1908, J. Bot. 46: 59. 1908; Nat. Nov. 30: 149. 1908 (d.).
- Bell, W., Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isl. Rep. 1908: 344. 1909.
- Cullen, J., Taxon 21: 729. 1972.
- Dallman, A. A. and M. H. Wood, Trans. Liverpool bot. Soc. 1: 80. 1909 (b. 2 Apr 1850, d. 4 Jan 1908).
- Döfler, J., Botaniker-Adressbuch 84. 1896.
- E. F. L. \[Linton\], J. Bot. 46: 65-71. 1908 (portr.).
- Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 104. 1907 (material at E).
- Heywood, V. H., Taxon 5: 10. 1956 (herb. to LIVU).
- Kent, D. H., Brit. herb. 65. 1957 (dupl. in herb. E. F. Linton, now at BM).
- T. G., Naturalist 613: 51. 1908 (d.).
### Publications
##### n.4860. Flora of Derbyshire
**Title**
*Flora of Derbyshire*: flowering plants, higher cryptogams, mosses and hepatics, characeae... London (Bemrose & Sons,...), Shirley Vicarage, Derbyshire (author). 1903. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Derbyshire*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Oct 1903 (see Britten 1903), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-455, \[456-457, err.\], 2 maps. *Copies*: BR, G, NY, USDA.
*Ref*.: Britten, J., J. Bot. 34: 16. 1896 (announced), 41: 352. Oct 1903 (will be published immediately), 41: 384. Nov 1903 (publ.), 41: 409-411. Dec 1903 (rev.).
##### n.4861. An account of the British Hieracia
**Title**
*An account of the British Hieracia*... London (West, Newman & Co.,...) 1905. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Acc. Brit. Hierac.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1905 (rev. J. Bot. Apr 1905 cites Jan as month of publ.; Bot. Centralbl. 21 Mar 1905; Nat. Nov. Apr (2), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-96. *Copies*: MO, NY.
*Ref*.: Williams, F. N., J. Bot. 43: 130-132. Apr 1905.
- Fritsch, F. E., Bot. Centralbl. 98: 504-505. 16 Mai 1905 (rev.).