Salisbury, Edward James

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Salisbury, Edward James

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  • Sir Edward James Salisbury, CBE FRS

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      Dates of existence

      16 April 1886-10 November 1978

      History

      An English botanist and ecologist.

      1943-1956, was Director of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and was responsible for the restoration of the gardens after the Second World War.


      1913 DSc achieved, founding member of the British Ecological Society
      1929 Professor of Botany at University College London
      1946 Knighted

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      Author abbrev. (botany): E.Salisb.

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      Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1840-present)

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      KEW

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      Dates of relationship

      1943 - 1956

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      Ecologist

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      Forest ecology (Hertfordshire), garden weeds, dune plants

      Director

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      Director at Kew (1943-1956)

      Professor

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      Prof. of Botany, University College London.

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      Created: 15 October 2026, C. Kemnitz

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      • English

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      • Latin

      Sources

      Arthur Roy Clapham; Edward James Salisbury, 16 April 1886 - 10 November 1978. Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc. 1 November 1980; (26): 502–541. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.1980.0014

      https://herbariaunited.org/wiki/Edward_James_Salisbury


      Image: Sir Edward James Salisbury by Walter Stoneman, 1953 (bromide print) © National Portrait Gallery, London. (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw232924/Sir-Edward-James-Salisbury?_gl=1*1a2fr39*_up*MQ..*_ga*Njc5NDkzMTU3LjE3OTIwNTc0NTc.*_ga_3D53N72CHJ*czE3OTIwNTc0NTYkbzEkZzAkdDE3OTIwNTc0NTYkajYwJGwwJGgw

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