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Nationality
  
British

Fields
  
Botany

Role
  
Botanist

Name
  
Arthington Worsley

Author abbrev. (botany)
  
Worsley


Born
  
9 December 1861London (
1861-12-09
)

Died
  
January 13, 1944, Middlesex

Arthington Worsley (Marylebone, London 9 December 1861 – Middlesex, 13 January 1944) was a British botanist, explorer and civil engineer, who carried out extensive botanical expeditions in South America. He also played two first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club, playing once in 1888 and 1890 respectively.

Contents

Awards

1937. Herbert medal.

Eponyms

  • (Amaryllidaceae) Worsleya (Traub) Traub 1944

    • Publications

  • Notes on the Distribution of the Amaryllideae and of Certain Liliaceous, Irideous and Other Plants in Grand Canary, Cuba, Jamaica, and Venezuela: With an Enumberation of Species, 1895 
  • Worsley, Arthington (2012). The Genus Hippeastrum: A Monograph ... Nabu Press. ISBN 978-1-277-39963-9.  originally published 1896
  • 1907. Concepts of monism. Ed. London : T. Fisher Unwin. xv + 356 pp.

    • References

    Arthington Worsley Wikipedia
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