Identity area
Reference code
GB 235 RBG/9/1/2/IBB/2/2
Title
Isaac Bayley Balfour lecture notes taken by R.W. Graham-Yooll, Book 2
Date(s)
- 1915 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
One notebook
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
(1853-1922)
Biographical history
Son of John Hutton Balfour, Isaac Bayley Balfour was Regius Keeper at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh between 1888 and 1922, specialising in Rhododendrons and Primulas and making improvements to the RBGE's teaching and laboratory facilities.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased at eBay auction, 10/04/2024
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Bound notebook entitled 'Botany Notes, Book 2', [Lecturer] Prof, Bayley Balfour. [Student] R.W. Graham-Yooll, Edinburgh University, Summer Term 1915, continued from Book 1 during lecture 16. Notebook is full of lecture notes (lectures 16-36 up to First Professional Examination, 5 July 1915) accompanied by coloured illustrations.