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)