James Bateman
1812–97
Industrialist, banker, landowner, and horticulturist. Developed Biddulph Grange in north Staffordshire and established a well-known garden there from 1840. Cultivated tropical plants, especially orchids. Acquired orchids in Central and South America, and published important works on the Orchidaceae. President of the North Staffordshire Field Club, 1865–70. FRS 1838.
Sources
R. Desmond 1994
Hadfield et al. 1980
ODNB
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.
Hadfield, Miles, et al. 1980. British gardeners. A biographical dictionary. London: A. Zwemmer in association with The Condé Nast Publications.
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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