Hemsley, Wm. Botting (Kew)

• Reference:GB 235 HWB
• Dates of Creation:1842 - 1924
• Name of Creator:
  Hemsley, William Botting
• Physical Description:
  Minimal; ephemera, small number of letters

• Scope and Content

  Correspondence with I Bayley Balfour 1892 -1907 filed with “Balfour, I. Bayley” papers under “Hemsley, W.B.”
  • Letter dated 21st Feb 1867 to Dr. Thos. Anderson – item 111 in bound volume filed under “Anderson, Dr. Thos” – Box 2

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Hemsley began working at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in1860 as an Improver before becoming their Herbarium's Assistant for India and then the Keeper of Kew's Herbarium and Library.

• Access Information

  Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/

• Note

  Hemsley began working at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in1860 as an Improver before becoming their Herbarium's Assistant for India and then the Keeper of Kew's Herbarium and Library.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Permission required from RBGE

• Additional Information

  published