Arthington Worsley

Arthington Worsley (Marylebone, London 9 December 1861 – Middlesex, 13 January 1944) was a British botanist, explorer and civil engineer, who carried out extensive botanical expeditions in South America.[1] He also played two first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club, playing once in 1888 and 1890 respectively.[2]

Arthington Worsley
Born	(1861-12-09)9 December 1861 London
Died	13 January 1944(1944-01-13) (aged 82) Middlesex
Nationality	British
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Author abbrev. (botany)	Worsley

Awards

1937. Herbert medal.[3]

Eponyms

• (Amaryllidaceae) Worsleya (Traub) Traub 1944[1]

Publications

• Notes on the Distribution of the Amaryllideae and of Certain Liliaceous, Irideous and Other Plants in Grand Canary, Cuba, Jamaica, and Venezuela: With an Enumberation of Species, 1895
• Worsley, Arthington (2012). The Genus Hippeastrum: A Monograph ... Nabu Press. ISBN 978-1-277-39963-9. originally published 1896
• 1907. Concepts of monism. Ed. London : T. Fisher Unwin. xv + 356 pp.

References

1. "Kellydale Nursery: ''Worsleya''". Homepages.ihug.co.nz. Archived from the original on 28 August 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
2. "Player profile: Arthington Worsley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
3. "The Herbert Medal.The Bulb Society". Bulbsociety.org. 15 January 2014. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
4. IPNI.  Worsley.

Bibliography

• 1936. Life and career of Arthington Worsley : an autobiography. Herbertia 3 : 10–19
• "Author Details" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI).
• Harvard Botanist Index
• Erhardt, Walter; et al. (2008). Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Stuttgart: Verlag Eugen Ulmer. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)