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Borrer, William, (1781-1862), botanist

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Surname: Borrer
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1781-1862
Biography: ODNB link for Borrer, William (1781-1862) Botanist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P154177 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P2996 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1829-1845: corresp, list of specimens and papers
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
PrP 15-0025
NRA 25004

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
2
1837-46: notes
Linnean Society of London
3
papers
Cambridge University: Department of Plant Sciences Library
See Foster & Sheppard, British Archives, 1995
4
1815-57: misc corresp and papers
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
MS Add.8186
NRA 44020
5
c1836-60: letters to CC Babington
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
MS Add.8185
NRA 44020
6
letters (145) to Sir William Hooker
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
7
1806-26: corresp with Sir JE Smith
Linnean Society of London
Smith papers
NRA 9516
8
1842-48: corresp with Richard Spruce
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
NRA 25004

See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
9
1807-17: letters from Dawson Turner
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
NRA 25004
10
1801-61: letters (128) to the Sowerby family
Natural History Museum Library and Archives
L Sowerby Coll A
See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)