William Bywater Grove papers
Scope and Contents
The William Bywater Grove collection consists of correspondence and a typescript translation of the Tulasne brothers’ Selecta Fungorum Carpologia published by Oxford University Press in 1931.
Dates
- 1924-1928
Biographical / Historical
William Bywater Grove (1848-1938), a mycologist, was born in Birmingham, England. He was headmaster of the Birmingham School for boys from 1887-1900 and later Lecturer in Botany, Birmingham Municipal Technical School, 1905-1927. As a mycologist he was the Honorary Curator of the Fungus Herbarium at the University of Birmingham. His published writings include The British Rust Fungi (Uredinales) (1913) and British stem- and leaf-fungi (Coelomycetes) (1935). He translated into English the mycological treatise of Louis Rene and Charles Tulasne, Selecta Fungorum Carpologia (3 volumes, 1861-1865). Grove died 6 January 1938 at 89 years of age.
Extent
2.5 Linear Inches (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- David Rose
- Date
- April 1999
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Originally processed by David Rose, Archives Assistant, April 1999 with grant funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 23141-98) and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation. Converted to EAD in June 2006 Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 50678-04).
Revision Statements
- June 2006: Converted to EAD by Kathleene Konkle.
Repository Details
Part of the New York Botanical Garden, Mertz Archives Repository
New York Botanical Garden, Mertz Library
2900 Southern Boulevard
Bronx NY 10458 United States
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