William Gardiner junior | |
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Born | [1] | 13 July 1808
Died | 21 June 1852[1] | (aged 43)
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, bryology. |
William Gardiner (1808-1852) was a Scottish umbrella maker, poet, and bryologist. [2]
William Gardiner was born in Dundee, at Overgate, on the 13th of July 1808. [3] According to Lawley, his mother sold pottery, while his father, William senior, was a weaver, gardener, botanist and poet. [3] William junior's grandfather, James Gardiner, was also a weaver. [3] He received little education as a child, but learned how to read and write. [4]
At the age of 10, William was apprenticed to an umbrella-maker. [3] [4] After completing his apprenticeship, he joined the business of a Mr George Robertson, another umbrella maker and hosier. [4] Umbrella-making became his primary source of income until the 1840s when he became a full-time plant collector. [2] [5]
Wanting to continue his education, he took evening classes on botany. [3] He regularly visited natural localities around Dundee to fuel his botanical passion. This was early in the mornings or in the evening at the end of his workday. [4]
William Gardiner junior died on the 21st of June 1852 at the age of 43 after suffering a fever. [4]
The Botanical Society of Edinburgh employed Gardiner in 1838 to collect Alpine plants in Scotland. [3] Around this time, the Botanical Society of London also employed him as a plant collector. [3] In 1844 he left George Robertson's company and worked as a paid botanical collector, working for both institutions and individuals alike. [3]
According to Leisure & Culture Dundee, Sir William J Hooker offered Gardiner a botanical appointment, which he declined due to family commitments. [4]
In the United Kingdom, Gardiner's specimens are cared for at the Natural History Museum in London, [3] the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Herbarium, [3] the Department of Biological Sciences, [3] Dundee University, [3] Hull University, [3] the Bromfield Herbarium, [3] and the Hancock Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne. [3] Elsewhere in the world, The University and Jepson Herbaria at the University of California, Berkeley, [3] the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle [6] and the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria also hold his specimens. [7]
The standard author abbreviation Gardiner is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [8]
William Gardiner junior | |
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Born | [1] | 13 July 1808
Died | 21 June 1852[1] | (aged 43)
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, bryology. |
William Gardiner (1808-1852) was a Scottish umbrella maker, poet, and bryologist. [2]
William Gardiner was born in Dundee, at Overgate, on the 13th of July 1808. [3] According to Lawley, his mother sold pottery, while his father, William senior, was a weaver, gardener, botanist and poet. [3] William junior's grandfather, James Gardiner, was also a weaver. [3] He received little education as a child, but learned how to read and write. [4]
At the age of 10, William was apprenticed to an umbrella-maker. [3] [4] After completing his apprenticeship, he joined the business of a Mr George Robertson, another umbrella maker and hosier. [4] Umbrella-making became his primary source of income until the 1840s when he became a full-time plant collector. [2] [5]
Wanting to continue his education, he took evening classes on botany. [3] He regularly visited natural localities around Dundee to fuel his botanical passion. This was early in the mornings or in the evening at the end of his workday. [4]
William Gardiner junior died on the 21st of June 1852 at the age of 43 after suffering a fever. [4]
The Botanical Society of Edinburgh employed Gardiner in 1838 to collect Alpine plants in Scotland. [3] Around this time, the Botanical Society of London also employed him as a plant collector. [3] In 1844 he left George Robertson's company and worked as a paid botanical collector, working for both institutions and individuals alike. [3]
According to Leisure & Culture Dundee, Sir William J Hooker offered Gardiner a botanical appointment, which he declined due to family commitments. [4]
In the United Kingdom, Gardiner's specimens are cared for at the Natural History Museum in London, [3] the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Herbarium, [3] the Department of Biological Sciences, [3] Dundee University, [3] Hull University, [3] the Bromfield Herbarium, [3] and the Hancock Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne. [3] Elsewhere in the world, The University and Jepson Herbaria at the University of California, Berkeley, [3] the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle [6] and the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria also hold his specimens. [7]
The standard author abbreviation Gardiner is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [8]