Thomas Moore (botanist)

Thomas Moore (botanist)

Thomas Moore (1821 - 1887) was a gardener and botanist from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. An expert on ferns and fern allies from the British Isles, he served as Curator of the Society of Apothecaries Garden from 1848 to 1887. In 1855 he authored "The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland."

Under Moore's tenure during the period of so-called "pteridomania", the garden increased the number of fern species cultivated there by fifty percent and was renamed the Chelsea Physic Garden in 1875. The Thomas Moore Fernery was built in 1907 on the site of his original garden and now contains a display of the varieties of ferns described and cultivated by Moore and popular during the Victorian era.

Moore is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.

References

* [http://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/nathist/botanical/fern.html] Nature Printed Ferns: Victorian Era British and Irish Specimens


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