William Pamplin
1806–99
Botanist, bookseller, and publisher. Son of the nurseryman William Pamplin (1768–1844; R. Desmond 1994); assisted his father until 1839. Botanical bookseller in Soho, London, 1839–62. Retired to Wales and tried to establish the North Wales Central Botanic Gardens. Published the Phytologist, 1855–63. Associate of the Linnean Society of London, 1830. Member of the Botanical Society of London.
Sources
R. Desmond 1994
Modern English biography.
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.
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
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