Denslow, William Wallace (1826-1868)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
William Wallace
Last name
Denslow
Initials
W.W.
Life Dates
1826 - 1868
Collecting Dates
1861 -
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
MASS (main), BM
Countries
North American region: United States
Associate(s)
Allen, Timothy Field (1837-1902) (correspondent)
Austin, Coe Finch (1831-1880) (correspondent)
Bigelow, John Milton (1804-1878) (correspondent)
Brocas, Frederick Yorke (fl. 1840-1890) (correspondent)
Bumstead, Freeman Josiah (1826-1879) (correspondent)
Canby, William Marriott (1831-1904) (correspondent)
Chapman, Alvan Wentworth (1809-1899) (correspondent)
Clinton, George William (1807-1885) (correspondent)
Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt (1825-1914) (correspondent)
Curtis, Moses Ashley (1808-1872) (correspondent)
Day, David Fisher (1829-1900) (correspondent)
Denslow, Herbert McKenzie (1852-1944) (nephew)
Dewey, Chester (1784-1867) (correspondent)
Eaton, Daniel Cady (1834-1895) (correspondent)
Foote, Lewis (1838-) (correspondent)
Fowler, James P. (1829-1923) (correspondent)
Frost, Charles Christopher (1805-1880) (correspondent)
Gilbert, Benjamin Davis (1835-1907) (correspondent)
Gillman, Henry (1833-1915) (correspondent)
Gray, Asa (1810-1888) (correspondent)
Green, Traill (1813-1897) (correspondent)
Hall, Elihu (1822-1882) (correspondent)
Hobkirk, Charles Codrington Pressick (1837-1902) (correspondent)
Hunt, George Edward (1841-1873) (correspondent)
James, Thomas Potts (1803-1882) (correspondent)
Lapham, Increase Allen (1811-1875) (correspondent)
Le Roy, Peter Vincent (1821-1890) (correspondent)
Leggett, William Henry (1816-1882) (correspondent)
Macoun, John (1831-1920) (correspondent)
Mann, Horace (1844-1868) (correspondent)
Peck, Charles Horton (1833-1917) (correspondent)
Porter, Thomas Conrad (1822-1901) (correspondent)
Post, George Edward (1838-1909) (correspondent)
Ravenel, Henry William (1814-1887) (correspondent)
Robbins, James Watson (1801-1879) (correspondent)
Sartwell, Henry Parker (1792-1867) (correspondent)
Smith, John (1798-1888) (correspondent)
Thurber, George (1821-1890) (correspondent)
Torrey, John (1796-1873) (correspondent)
Tracy, Cyrus Mason (1824-1891) (correspondent)
Treat, Mary (1830-1923) (correspondent)
Veitch, Robert Toswill (1823-1885) (correspondent)
Verrill, Addison Emory (1839-1926) (correspondent)
Watt, David Allan Poe (1830-1917) (correspondent)
Wood, Alphonso (1810-1881) (correspondent)
Wright, Charles (1811-1885) (correspondent)
Wright, Samuel Hart (1825-1905) (correspondent)
Biography
American druggist from Philadelphia who pursued botany for recreation and to combat tuberculosis. He amassed a private herbarium of almost 15,000 specimens including European plants sent by prominent botanists of the period. He eventually sold his herbarium to Amherst Agricultural College in Massachusetts. He is sometimes confused with his son, William Wallace Denslow Jr (1856-1915), who was an illustrator who produced some plant illustrations and worked with the author L.F. Baum to produce the original illustrations for the The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
References
Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 159;
Denslow, William Wallace (1826-1868)
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