June, 1871; daughter of J. G. Children, of Brit. Mus. Collection of Brit. pi. in Herb. Mus. Brit. Produced 3 vols, of Cyanotype Impressions of Algae (1859). See Proc. Phil. Soc. Glasgow, xxi. 155. Wrote memoir of her father (privately printed). Jacks. 242.
Atkins, Sarah [see Wilson, Lucy].
Atkinson, John (1787-1828): b, Leeds, 29 May, 1787; d. Leeds, 3 Oct., 1828. Surgeon. F.L.S.; Curator, Leeds Philosoph. Hall. Contrib. Ust of Leeds plants to Whitaker's 'Loidis and Elmete.' Mem. Wern. Soc. v. 277. 'Leeds Worthies,' 311; R. S. C. i. 109; Whitaker's ' Thoresby,' 76. Oil portrait by Richmond; litho. by Denny.
Atthey, Thomas (1814-80): b. Kenton, Northumberland, 1814: d. Gosforth, April, 1880. A.L.S., 1875. Collected Diatomaceæ and plants of Coal-measures. Paper on Diatoms in Ann. Mag. N. H. Collection of Carboniferous fossils in Newcastle Museum. Trans. Northumb. & Durham, viii. 88; Journ. Bot. 1880, 224; R. S. C. i. Ill, viii. 55. ix. 80. Attheya T. West.
Atwood Rev. E. Marcus (fl. 1858-63). 'Rouen plants.' Phyt. iii. 260, n.s.; R. S. C. i. 111.
Atwood, Martha Maria (fl. 1852-60). Of Clifton, Bristol. Contrib. largely to Swete's 'Fl. Bristoliensis'; also to Phyt. iv. n.s. Muscologist. Letters in Wilson's Correspondence in Brit. Mus.
Aubrey, John (1626-97): b. Baston Perry, Kingston, Wilts., 12 March, 1626; d. Oxford, June, 1697. F.R.S., 1663. Nephew to Henry Lyte. R. Syn. ed. 3, 131, 439, 445. Biog. by J. Britton, London, 1845. Dict. Nat. Biog. ii. 244.
Aylesford, Countess of [see Finch, Louisa].
Ayres, Philip Burnard (d. 1863): d. St. Louis, Mauritius, 1863. Of Thame, Oxon. M.D. Cryptogamist. Contributor to Phytol. Issued 'Mycologia Britannica,' dried specimens of Brit. Fungi, 1845; plants at Kew. Pritz. 10; Phyt. ii. 72; R. S. C. i. 129; Fl. Maurit. 10. MSS. at Kew.
Ayrey, James, or Airey (fl. 1705). Friend of Petiver and Plukenet. Vol. of his plants, Hb. Sloane, 74. Pluk. Amalth. 69.
Babington, Benjamin Guy (1791-1866): b. Guy's Hospital, London, 1794; d. London, 8 April, 1866. M.D. Cambridge, 1830; F.R.S.; F.R.C.P., 1831. Collected in Mauritius, 1811-12 (Trans. Med. Bot. Lond. 1829, appx. 11). Proc. R. S. xvi. 1; R. S. C. i. 136; Diet. Nat. Biog. ii. 311.
Babington. Rev. Churchill (1821-89): b. Roecliffe, Leicestersh., 11 Mar., 1821; d. Cockfield, Suff., 12 Jan., 1889; bur. Cockfield. F.L.S., 1853; M.A. Cantab., 1843. At Horningsey, Cambridge, 1848-61; to Honington, 1866; Rector of Cockfield, 1866. Lichenologist. Assisted J. D. Hooker with lichens of 'Flora Antarctica' and 'Fl. N. Zealand.' Contrib. Leicestersh. plants to 'N. B. G.,' and to Hind's 'Fl. Suffolk.' Jacks. 517; R. S. C. i. 139; Ann. Bot. iii. 449 (bibliogr.); Journ. Bot. 1889, 110. Strigtdia Babingtonii Berk.
