[Taxacom] B.L. Burtt (1913-2008)

[Elspeth Haston]

Brian Laurence [Bill] Burtt died on May 30 2008; he was 94. He came from
Kew to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1951 and gave much to the
garden, in many ways, for over the next 50 years. His botanical
productivity was enormous and often of major taxonomic importance,
especially in such families as Gesneriaceae and Zingingiberaceae. With a
first botanical paper published in 1932 and his last one currently in
press, his publishing life span covered 76 years. His wife, and
co-author of many works on the southern African flora, Olive Hilliard
survives him. A newspaper obituary can be found at:

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/b-l-burtt-plant-taxonomist-
846272.html

 

Ian Hedge

 

Research Associate

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

 

 

 

Dr E M Haston
Assistant Curator
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
20a Inverleith Row
Edinburgh  EH3 5LR 
Tel: 00 44 (0)131 248 2816
Fax: 00 44 (0)131 248 2901
E-mail: e.haston at rbge.org.uk 

 


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