James Raymond Wellsted
1805–42
Officer in the East India Company’s surveying ship in the Red Sea, 1830–3. Examined Socotra Island, 1834. Travelled in Oman, 1835 and 1837. Retired from service, 1839. FRS 1837.
Source
R. Desmond 1977, DNB.
Bibliography
Desmond, Ray. 1977. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists, including plant collectors and botanical artists. 3d ed. London: Taylor and Francis.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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