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Wedgwood, Mary Louisa (1854-1953)

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Mary Louisa
Last name
Wedgwood
Initials
M.L.
Life Dates
1854 - 1953
Collecting Dates
1912 - 1934
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
MBH (main), BM, K, NMW, OXF
Countries
Europe: Ireland, United Kingdom
Associate(s)
Bell, M.L. (1854-) (née)
Riddelsdell, Harry Joseph (1866-1941)
Wedgwood, Allen (1893-1915) (co-collector, son)
Biography
English botanist who created a herbarium at Marlborough College, Oxford as a memorial to her son who died in the First World War. Rubus wedgwoodiae Barton & Riddelsd. was named in her honour. Wedgewood interacted with many other botanists, collecting together or exchanging specimens, and material came to BM through a number of sources. Some was acquired directly, for example in 1932, but material from the herbarium of A. Bennett was bequeathed with the herbarium of C.E. Salmon in 1931. Specimens collected with H.J. Riddlesdell were acquired with the herbarium of W.C. Barton, donated in 1934.
References
Harrison, S.G., Ind. Coll. Welsh Nat. Herb. (1985): 111; Kent, D.H. & Allen, D.E., Brit. Irish Herb. (1984): 271; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 1130;

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Mary Louisa
Last name
Wedgwood
Initials
M.L.
Life Dates
1854 - 1953
Collecting Dates
1912 - 1934
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
MBH (main), BM, K, NMW, OXF
Countries
Europe: Ireland, United Kingdom
Associate(s)
Bell, M.L. (1854-) (née)
Riddelsdell, Harry Joseph (1866-1941)
Wedgwood, Allen (1893-1915) (co-collector, son)
Biography
English botanist who created a herbarium at Marlborough College, Oxford as a memorial to her son who died in the First World War. Rubus wedgwoodiae Barton & Riddelsd. was named in her honour. Wedgewood interacted with many other botanists, collecting together or exchanging specimens, and material came to BM through a number of sources. Some was acquired directly, for example in 1932, but material from the herbarium of A. Bennett was bequeathed with the herbarium of C.E. Salmon in 1931. Specimens collected with H.J. Riddlesdell were acquired with the herbarium of W.C. Barton, donated in 1934.
References
Harrison, S.G., Ind. Coll. Welsh Nat. Herb. (1985): 111; Kent, D.H. & Allen, D.E., Brit. Irish Herb. (1984): 271; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 1130;
Wedgwood, Mary Louisa (1854-1953)
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