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- 1910 - 1972 (Production)
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3 boxes, 47cm
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Notice biographique
Born in Edinburgh in 1891 to Robert and Marion Anthony, John Anthony attended George Heriot's School and Edinburgh University, reading Arts and Science. His studies were interrupted by the First World War, with him spending eight years in service in France, Italy (where he won a Military Cross in 1918[?]), Egypt and Palestine, resuming University life in 1923.
After graduating in 1924 he worked on a rubber plantation in Malaya for five years, before becoming an assistant lecturer in Botany at the University College in Dundee on his return in 1932. In 1934 he became a lecturer in Forest Botany (amongst other things) at the University of Edinburgh, and so began his career with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. He was a member of the teaching staff for 24 years, retiring in 1958. In his retirement he worked on producing a guide for indentifying trees, shrubs and undershrubs by their microscopic properties, and a Flora of Sutherland - the latter being published posthumously by the Botanical Society of Edinburgh [Scotland].
Histoire archivistique
We appear to have received the transcripts of Anthony's 'The Identification of British Trees, Shrubs and Under Shrubs by means of the Microscopic Structure of their Wood', including photographs, shortly after his death - it was something he'd been working on at the time, but never published. It was all bundled together in a tied folder, and was repackaged in 2015 to make it more secure.
The photo album was presumably received at the same time (c.1972) but had become separated from the transcripts and was not known to be Anthony's. This connection was realised in 2015 and the album reunited with the rest of Anthony's collection.
In 2017, a search of a cupboard in the archives revealed what turned out to be John Anthony's original manuscript for the Flora of Sutherland, possibly dating to 1970.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Presumably the Estate of John Anthony
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Portée et contenu
GB 235 ANT/1 - photo album including photographs of John Anthony and his family, Edinburgh views and photos relating to World War One, including the Edinburgh University Officers Training Corps at Peebles in 1915 showing Cadets Brown, Purves, Mills, Anthony, Smith, Hatton and Wallinck; Anthony with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in Oswestry and Llangollen (Anthony, Evans, Edwards, Gavin, Richards and Mitford) and Capt J Anthony M.C. and Capt J.H. Dick M.C. on the Somme in 1916.
GB 235 ANT/2 - Transcripts of 'The Identification of British Trees, Shrubs and Under Shrubs by means of the Microscopic Structure of their Wood', including photographs - 2 copies, loose sheets.
GB 235 ANT/3 - Original Manuscript for Flora of Sutherland, c.1970 - comparison with the published version shows the extent of J.B. Kenworthy's editing, as described in his introduction (right click, open link in new tab): http://www.botanical-society-scotland.org.uk/John_Anthonys_Flora_of_Sutherland
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
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Conditions d'accès
Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/
Conditions de reproduction
Not to be copied without permission of RBGE - may be copyright issues.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
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Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Care may be needed to access the transcripts as they are currently on loose sheets.
Photographs in album are faded.
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Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
John Anthony wrote numerous articles, searchable on the Library catalogue (using Anthony, J. and Anthony, John) http://www.rbge.org.uk/databases, and is remembered most for his book "John Anthony's Flora of Sutherland", 1976, on the Library shelf at FIS\107.
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Note
The John Anthony boxes were damaged during the July 2021 Archives flood. Some pages, including those of the photo album have minor water staining; folders and boxes have been replaced.
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Note de l'archiviste
description compiled by L.P.