William Pamplin

William Pamplin (5 August 1806 – 9 September 1899) was an English bookseller, publisher and botanist.[1][2]

Portrait of William Pamplin c.1891

He was the son of William Pamplin (1768–1844), a nurseryman in Chelsea, where he was born on 5 August 1806.[1][2]

Pamplin wrote for the Magazine of Natural History, and became editor of The Phytologist. It was owned by John Hunneman, who died in 1839. Pamplin married his daughter Caroline, and took over the publication.[2][3] Hunneman had been responsible for the introduction to the United Kingdom of numerous plants from the continent.[4]

Pamplin was also involved with the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt.[5]

The standard author abbreviation Pamplin is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

Notes
  1. Dorr, Laurence J. (1997). "Botanical Libraries and Herbaria in North America. 4. The Samuel Botsford Buckley. Rebecca Mann Dean Mystery". Taxon. 46 (4): 661–687. doi:10.2307/1224474. JSTOR 1224474.
  2. Evan Roberts. "Pamplin, William (1806-1899), botanist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  3. Das Gupta (2011). Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, c.1784-1947: Project of History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, Volume XV, Part 4. Pearson Longman. p. 243. ISBN 978-81-317-5375-0.
  4. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement. Longman, Rees, Orome, Brown and Green. 1839. pp. 208–.
  5. "Pamplin, William - Biographical entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. IPNI.  Pamplin.
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