William Bull (botanist)
William Bull (* 1828 in Winchester , Hampshire , † June 1, 1902 in Chelsea ) was a British plant hunter , tree nursery owner and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " W.Bull ".
Live and act
He earned his first service as a plant hunter for the contemporary well-known houses Rollisson and Sons and EG Henderson & Son . In 1861 Bull bought a nursery from John Weeks on King's Road in Chelsea, in the immediate vicinity of the Veitch and Sons house . Bull competed with this by specializing in orchids , which he not only cultivated but also consciously crossed.
Bull introduced plants from Colombia (1880) and Liberia into culture and made numerous initial descriptions . The plant hunters Edward Shuttleworth and John Carder worked for him .
In 1897 Bull received the Victoria Medal of Honor from the Royal Horticultural Society . He died on June 1, 1902 after a three-day illness, his son William took over the nursery.
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- ↑ a b c d e Obituary , The Gardeners' Chronicle, ser. 3, 31: 380 , 1902, accessed June 29, 2014
- ↑ a b c Phillip Cribb: Orchid collections and illustrations of Friederich C. Lehmann , p. 185, Lankasteriana. Volume 10, Nos. 2-3, December 2010 , accessed June 29, 2014
- ↑ plants.jstor.org: JSTOR | Global Plants: Bull, William (1828-1902) , accessed June 29, 2014
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for William Bull (botanist) at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bull, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British plant hunter, nursery owner and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winchester , Hampshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 1902 |
| Place of death | Chelsea |