Rev.

The Reverend

The Reverend is a style most often used as a prefix to the names of Christian clergy and ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and church traditions. The Reverend is correctly called a style but is often and in some dictionaries called a...

 William Richardson Linton (Diddington

Diddington

Diddington – in Huntingdonshire , England – is a village near Buckden south west of Huntingdon....

, Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire

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, April 2, 1850 - Ashbourne, Derbyshire

Ashbourne, Derbyshire

Ashbourne is a small market town in the Derbyshire Dales, England. It has a population of 10,302.The town advertises itself as 'The Gateway to Dovedale'.- Local customs :...

, April 7, 1908), Corpus Christi College

Corpus Christi College, Oxford

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, M.A., was an English

English people

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 botanist and vicar

Vicar

In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...

 of the parish

Church of England parish church

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 of Shirley, Derbyshire

Shirley, Derbyshire

Shirley is a small village in Derbyshire, close to the town of Ashbourne. It is situated in the countryside on top of a small hill.-History:Shirley was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers and being worth forty shillings.....

. He married Alice Shirley (daughter of Rev. Walter Waddington Shirley and Philippa Frances Emilia Knight Shirley) on January 26, 1887, with whom he had one daughter, Viola Marion Linton.

Linton wrote an extensive book

Flora (book)

A Flora is a book or other work which describes the plant species occurring in an area or time period, often with the aim of allowing identification. Some classic and modern floras are listed below....

 about the Flora

Flora

Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...

 of Derbyshire

Derbyshire

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, published in 1903. In 1969 the book was updated by A.R.Clapham and published by Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Derby Museum and Art Gallery

Derby Museum and Art Gallery was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library, in a new building designed by Richard Knill Freeman and given to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass. The collection includes a whole gallery displaying the paintings of Joseph Wright of Derby; there is also a large...

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Books

• Flora of Derbyshire: Flowering Plants, Higher Cryptogams, Mosses and Hepatics, Characeae. London: Bemrose & Sons Ltd., 1903.

External links

• Herbarium specimens collected by Rev. William Richardson Linton