BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS
Abbot, Rev. Charles (1761?-1817): b. Winchester ? 1761 ?; d. Bedford, Oct., 1817. D.D. Oxon, 1802. Vicar of Oakley Raynes and Goldington, Beds. F.L.S., 1793. 'Flora Bedfordiensis,' 1798. Discovered Epipactis purpurata, 1807. Contrib. to E. Bot. 72-2775. Herbarium at Turvey Abbey, Beds. Gent. Mag. 1817, ii. 378; Journ. Bot. 1881, 40; Dict. Nat. Biog. i. 3.
Abbot, Rev. Robert (1560 ?-1618): b. Guildford, Surrey, 1560 ?; d. 2 Mar., 1618. B.A. Oxon, 1579; M.A., 1583; D.D., 1596. Rector of Bishop's Hatfield, Herts, 1584. Master of Balliol, 1609. Bp. of Salisbury, 1615. "Excellent and diligent herbalist," Pult. i. 137; Ger. emac, 166, 175, 216; Ath. Oxon. ii. 224, 859 ; Alumni Oxon.; Dict. Nat. Biog. i. 24.
Abbott, James (1831 ?-89): b. Leeds, 1831 ; d. Leeds, 2 Dec, 1889; bur. St. Mark's Church. Druggist. Lect. Bot. Leeds Chemists' Association. Pharm. Journ. 3rd ser. xix. 498.
Abel, Clarke (1780-1826): b. 1780; d. Cawnpore, 14 Nov., 1826. M.D., F.L.S., 1818. In China with Lord Macartney, 1816. Chinese plants in Brit. Mus. Pritz. 1; R. S. C. i. 4; Gent. Mag. xcvii., pt. ii. (1827), 644; Dict. Nat. Biog. i. 32. Portr. at Kew. Abelia R. Br.
Abercrombie, John (1726-1806): b. Edinburgh, 1726; d. London, 30 April or 1 May, 1806. Pritz. (ed. 1), 1; Johnson, 219; Cott. Gard. iv. 65; Journ. Hort. Iv. (1876), 469, w. portr.; Felton, 153 ; Biog. in his 'Gardener's Pocket Journal,' ed. 35, 1857; Dict. Nat. Biog. i. 36. Best portr. in his 'Universal Gardener,' ed. 1783; full-length, set. 72, in ed. 16, 1800.
Acton, Frances, née Knight (1793 ?-1881): d. Acton Scott, Salop, 24 Jan., 1881. Eldest d. of T, A. Knight, m. T. P. Stackhouse Acton, 1812. Shared in her father's experiments. Artist. Gard. Chron. 1881, i. 182.
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