Name___________________________________Dates___________Interest____________________
John A. Salter_____________________________1841-1932_______horticulturalist_______________
J.C. Shenstone_____________________________1854-1935_______botanist_____________________
John Sims________________________________1749-1831________botanist_____________________
G. Slate__________________________________1753-1793________gardener & botanist___________
Thomas Smith_____________________________1857-1955_______horticulturalist_______________
Robert Spencer____________________________1923-1994_______ornithologist_________________
Percy Thompson___________________________1866-1953_______naturalist____________________
John Tradescant___________________________died 1637________naturalist____________________
Spencer Turner____________________________died 1776________horticulturalist_______________
E.G. Varenne_____________________________1811-1887_______naturalist____________________
Thomas Velley____________________________1748?-1806 botanist_____________________
Alfred Russell Wallace______________________1823-1913_______naturalist____________________
Richard Warner___________________________1713-1775_______botanist_____________________
Samuel Hazzledine Warren___________________1873-1958_______geologist & prehistorian________
William Whitaker__________________________1836-1925_______geologist____________________
Charles J. Welkin__________________________Died 1942________fruit-grower_________________
Ellen A. Wilmott 1858-1934 horticulturalist
Arthur Smith Woodward_____________________1864-1944_______palaeontologist_______________
This rich biographical heritage is well worth recording in its own right. People can
easily relate to real people and personalities and find ready access to natural history
through biography. To this end it is suggested that the Essex Field Club sets up a
biographical database of Essex naturalists on the Club's website.
A useful 32 page framework for biographical articles is that prepared for contributors to
the New Dictionary of National Biography published in 1994. This recommends the use
of standard factual components for each biography as set out in the following template
(pages 3-5):
Personal data on the subject
• Name: full names, alternative names, nicknames, short forms
• Full dates of birth (or, as a second best, baptism), death, and burial
• Titles: aristocratic titles, knighthoods and baronetcies, etc.
• Place of birth (or, as a second best, baptism), death, and burial: addresses should be given if
possible, and places identified by county, modern place name, or other means, if necessary.
• Physical appearance, character traits.
• Places(s) of settled residence: addresses should be given if possible, and places identified by
county, modern place name, or other means, if necessary.
• Cause of death: disease, condition or other cause: where possible, a contemporary report
________should be supplied, with subsequent interpretation, if any.______________________________
Family data
• Father: name, vital dates (years only), occupation.
• Mother: name, maiden name, vital dates (years only), occupation.
• Subject's place in the family: number of sisters and brothers, seniority in relation to the
subject.
• Subject's spouse(s), or partner(s)' other than spouse (common-law spouse, established lover
or mistress): full name, for women maiden name and former name if previously married, vital
dates (years only), occupation, date of marriage or start of the liaison, date of dissolution.
• Children: number, name(s) of parent(s) where the subject had more than one spouse or
_______partner, more information if interesting or relevant.___________________________________
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Essex Field Club Newsletter No. 56, May 2008