''Journal of Botany, British and Foreign'' is a monthly journal that was published from 1863 to 1942, and founded by
Berthold Carl Seemann
Berthold Carl Seemann (25 February 1825, in Kingdom of Hanover – 10 October 1871, in Nicaragua) was a German botanist. He travelled widely and collected and described plants from the Pacific and South America.
In 1844 he travelled to the Unit ...
who was the editor until his death in 1871. It was initially published by
Robert Hardwicke. Seemann himself took on most of the financial responsibility for the journal, which was never profitable, although he was assisted by various other botanists.
He was succeeded as editor by
Henry Trimen
Henry Trimen (26 October 1843 – 16 October 1896) was a British botanist who worked in Sri Lanka. He named several plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae.
Life
Trimen was born in Park Place, Paddington, London, England, the son of Richard and ...
an employee of the
British Museum
The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human cu ...
, who also probably took on the expense of running it.
[
] Trimen resigned as editor on being appointed director of the
Royal Botanical Gardens in
Ceylon
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
in 1879, and was succeeded by
James Britten, another employee of the British Museum, who continued in the post for 45 years.
References
Bibliography
* (1863–1922)
* (1834–1940: selected vols.)
External links
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Botany journals
Defunct journals
Publications established in 1863
Newspapers disestablished in 1942
English-language journals
Monthly journals
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