> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 109](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066449) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11444-1) LSID 11444-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569020) QID Q3569020 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Watts, William Walter (1856-1920), British-born Australian clergyman and botanist; studied at New College, London, in training for the Congregational Church; ordained 1882; served at Stratford-on-Avon 1882-1886; to Australia (New South Wales) 1887; pastor of the Congregational Church at Milton, Brisbane 1887-1893, in New Zealand 1893-1894; minister at Orange N.S.W. (1894?-) 1895; ordained Presbyterian minister 1896; served at Ballina 1896-1903, Young 1904-1907, Gladesville-Ryde 1910-1916, ultimately in Wycheproof; studied the mosses of N.S.W. **Abbreviated name**: *Watts* \[standard form in IPNI: *Watts*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NSW|NSW]] (12.000); other material at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection SYD|SYD]]. – *Letters*: 61 letters to Brotherus in [[Collection H|H]]-UB; other letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 466 (b. 5 Oct 1856, d. 20 Sep 1920); BB p. 319; BM 8: 1401; Bossert p. 428; Desmond p. 647; GR p. 419; HR; IF suppl. 3: 218; LS 28405; SBC p. 134. #### Biofile - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 778. 1985. - Maiden, J.H., Extracts report of director botanic gardens,... New South Wales for 1919: 9. 1920 (Watts herb. to NSW), for 1920: 5. 1922 (obit. not.). - Nangle, J., J. Proc. R. Soc. N.S.W. 55: 3-4. 1921 (see also p. 169). - Ramsay, H.P., Taxon 29(4): 455-469. 1980 (major biogr. treatment; bibl. see refs., mss., eponymy, collecting areas, portr.). - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 520. 1977 (coll.). - Willis, J., Vict. Natural. 66: 105-106. 1949; Muelleria 1: 57. 1955. #### Composite works Ferns, mosses and hepatics, *in* Anon., Handbook for New South Wales, Sydney 1914, p. 446-452. ### Publications ##### n.16.835. Census muscorum australiensium **Title** *Census muscorum australiensium*. A classified catalogue of the frondose mosses of Australia and Tasmania, collated from available publications and herbaria records... Proceedings Linnean Society of New South Wales supplement 1902, 1905. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Census musc. austral.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Thomas Whitelegge (b. 1850). *1*: 16 Dec 1902 (cover; submitted 8 Mai 1902; Nat. Nov. Feb(2) 1903), p. \[1\]-90. – Issued as Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 23(3). Suppl.: 1-90. 1902. *2*: Mai 1906 (p. 163: 10 Apr 1906; Nat. Nov. Jun(2) 1906), p. \[91\]-163. – Issued id. 30(4) suppl.: 91-163. 1906 \[for 1905\]. *Copies*: FH, H. ##### n.16.836. The Sphagna of Australia and Tasmania... **Title** *The Sphagna of Australia and Tasmania...* From the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales... 1912. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 13 Dec 1912 (date on cover reprint), cover-t.p., p. \[383\]-389. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 37(2): \[383\]-389. 1912.