| Description | The series consists principally of the papers of A J Wilmott and A Melderis, but also includes some papers of Edward B Bangerter. The Wilmott collection includes 26 boxes of correspondence, field notebooks, photographs, annotated maps, papers on Wilmott's edition of Babington's Manual, papers on the genus Salicornia, and relating to postcards produced by the Museum. The Melderis papers occupy 16 boxes, and includes notebooks, notes on the Graminae, regional and miscellaneous files. |
| AdminHistory | The first Head of the European Herbarium was Alfred James Wilmott, who entered the Museum from Cambridge in 1911, soon after Rendle had decided to separate this material from the General Herbarium. He was Deputy Keeper from 1931 and served until his sudden death in 1950. Wilmott was assisted by Arthur W F Hales and later by Edward B Bangerter. He was succeeded by Aleksandrs Melderis, a Latvian botanist who at that time was working in Sweden. Melderis was assisted by Margaret Gerrans and George A Matthews.
References:
Williams, I A, 1951. Alfred James Wilmott. Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 162: 234-235. |