Daniel Oliver

Daniel Oliver (born February 6, 1830 in Newcastle upon Tyne , † December 21, 1916 in Kew ) was an English botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Oliv. "

Live and act

Oliver's parents, Andrew and Jane Oliver of Benwell Hills, were Quakers . Daniel Oliver attended the Society of Friends' School in Brookfield, Wigton.

In 1858 he began to work at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew . He was from 1860 to 1890 librarian of the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. At University College London he was professor of botany from 1861 to 1888 .

Oliver was editor of several volumes of Hooker's Icones Plantarum (1890 to 1895). His most important work, however, was the Flora of Tropical Africa , of which he published the first 3 volumes and which were later continued by others.

Honors

In 1853 he was accepted into the Linnaeus Society , which in 1893 awarded him the Linnaeus Medal . In 1863 he was elected as a member (" Fellow ") in the Royal Society , which in 1884 awarded him the Royal Medal . According to Oliver, the plant genera are Oliverella Tiegh. from the family of the belt flowers (Loranthaceae), Oliveriana Rchb.f. from the orchid family and Oliverodoxa Kuntze from the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).

Works

The botany of the Speke and Grant Expedition… (with James Augustus Grant and John Gilbert Baker ), 1872–1875
Illustrations of the principal natural orders of the vegetable kingdom , 1874
Flora of Tropical Africa (Volumes 1–3 by him), 1868–1877

swell

Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
Entry to Oliver; Daniel (1830-1916) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London

Individual evidence

↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

Web links

Author entry and list of the plant names described for Daniel Oliver at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Oliver, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 6, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH	Newcastle upon Tyne
DATE OF DEATH	December 21, 1916
Place of death	Kew

[Burkhardt_2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .