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Benjamin Samuel Williams (2 March 1822 – 24 June 1890), English 
The Orchid Grower's Manual
(1885) {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Benjamin Samuel English botanists English botanical writers Orchidologists 1822 births 1890 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery English horticulturists Writers from London Botanists with author abbreviations 19th-century British botanists 19th-century English businesspeople 19th-century English non-fiction writers
Benjamin Samuel Williams (2 March 1822 – 24 June 1890), English orchid
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ologist and nurseryman in London, known mainly for his horticultural notes on orchids in publications such as ''The Orchid Grower's Manual'' (London 1852, 7th ed. 1894), ''Select Orchidaceous Plants'' (London 1862 onwards) and ''The Orchid Album'' (London 1882–97).
Biography
Williams' father James was gardener to Robert Warner, the botanist, atHoddesdon
Hoddesdon () is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, lying entirely within the London Metropolitan Area and Greater London Urban Area. The area is on the River Lea and the Lee Navigation along with the New River.
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, and Benjamin began working under his father at the age of fourteen. He first gained prominence as an orchid grower when he was hired by the orchid collector C. B. Warner, whose orchids soon began winning prizes at top orchid shows. Williams was a business partner of Robert Parker's in a nursery at Seven Sisters Road in Holloway between 1854 and 1861, and later moved to the nearby Victoria and Paradise Nurseries.
He is buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery
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This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation B.S.Williams when citing a botanical name
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References
External links
The Orchid Grower's Manual
(1885) {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Benjamin Samuel English botanists English botanical writers Orchidologists 1822 births 1890 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery English horticulturists Writers from London Botanists with author abbreviations 19th-century British botanists 19th-century English businesspeople 19th-century English non-fiction writers