Plant lists of Rev. Henry William Gordon Kenrick (1862-1943)

This material is held atRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 235 KEN
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1886 - 1896
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 folder containing 2 small notebooks, 2 plant lists and a letter.

Scope and Content

2 notebooks and 2 lists and 1 letter (D. Morris of RBG Kew to Kenrick, 1895)

Administrative / Biographical History

Born in Ootacamund, India in 1862, Kenrick, although not a scientific botanist, amassed a large collection of herbarium specimens over a six decade period. He collected in India and around his later homes in England - much of this collection is at the Hull University Herbarium, but his 1886-7 Nilgiri collection from south India is now at the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. For more information see http://www.natstand.org.uk/time/KenrickHWGtime.htm

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/

Acquisition Information

Hull University Herbarium

Note

Born in Ootacamund, India in 1862, Kenrick, although not a scientific botanist, amassed a large collection of herbarium specimens over a six decade period. He collected in India and around his later homes in England - much of this collection is at the Hull University Herbarium, but his 1886-7 Nilgiri collection from south India is now at the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. For more information see http://www.natstand.org.uk/time/KenrickHWGtime.htm

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

In need of conservation and cleaning; covers fallen off one of the notebooks.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission required from RBGE.

Custodial History

The Nilgiri Herbarium of Reverend Kenrick has long been held in the Herbarium at RBGE whereas the rest of Kenrick's collections are held at Hull University Herbarium. These notebooks and lists relate to the Nilgiri collections and therefore were sent to Edinburgh in November 2014 to reunite the collections.

Related Material

Kenrick's Nilgiri collection is in the RBGE Herbarium; his other herbarium collections are at Hull University Library.

Additional Information

published

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