Thomas Moore
1821–87
Gardener. Gardener, Botanic Garden at Regent’s Park, London, 1844–7. Curator, Physic Garden, Chelsea, London, 1848–87. Published major works on ferns. Assistant editor, Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1841–66; co-editor, 1866–81. Co-editor, Gardener’s Magazine of Botany, 1850–1; Garden Companion and Florist’s Guide, 1852; Orchid Album, 1881–7. Editor, Florist and Pomologist, 1868–74.
Sources
Annals of Botany (1888): 409–10
R. Desmond 1994
ODNB
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (1886–7): 41–2
Bibliography
Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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