Sir George Taylor ( born George Taylor ; February 15, 1904 , Edinburgh - November 13, 1993 , Dunbar ) is a Scottish nerd, a member of the Royal Society of London [2] and the Linnaeus Society of London .
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation “ G. Taylor ” . Personal page on IPNI website |
He was director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew from 1956 to 1971 [2] [3] [4] .
Selected Publications
- George Taylor, William Jackson Bean, "Trees and shrubs hardy in the British Isles", 1914, 1988.
- George Taylor, "An account of the genus Meconopsis", 1934, 1985
- George Taylor & Blanche Henrey, "Flower portraits", 1938
- George Taylor & John Smart, "Bibliography of key works for the identification of the British fauna and flora", 1942, 1953
- George Taylor, "Lae Herbarium, Papua and New Guinea", 1965
- George Taylor, "Index Kewensis plantarum phanegamarum. Ductu et consilio Georgii Taylor confecerunt Herbarii Horti Regii Botanici Kewensis curatores", 1970
- George Taylor, "Spiralian embryology", 1972.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Cullen J. Sir George Taylor, February 15, 1904 - November 12, 1993 // Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. - 1995. - November ( t. 41 ). - S. 458-469 . - ISSN 0080-4606 . - DOI : 10.1098 / rsbm.1995.0027 .
- ↑ Obituary: Sir George Taylor , The Independent (November 16, 1993). Date of treatment January 24, 2014.
- ↑ 'TAYLOR, Sir George', “Who Was Who”, A & C Black, 1920-2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed May 19, 2011