Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod

Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod was a British soldier and botanist (born 11.17.1861 Eton College, Buckinghamshire - died 6.21.1948, Mayfield Surrey). He trained at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, was commissioned to the Royal Artillery in 1881 and retired as a Major in 1901. In the First World War he was remobilized and served as Lieutenant Colonel. He collected plants in South Africa, Gibraltar, California and extensively in the United Kingdom. He donated his collection of several thousand South African specimens to the British Museum, to which he also bequeathed his herbarium .

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* cite book
title=Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa
author=Mary Gunn, L. e. Codd, L. E. W. Codd
year=1981
publisher=CRC Press
isbn=0869611291
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mkfdQ3l1YQUC&pg=PT398&lpg=PT398&dq=anthony+hurt+%22wolley+dod%22&source=web&ots=SY31Hlyn-0&sig=aCMdyfTC-ZYGEGzYvTvMcGNNEio&hl=en#PPT398,M1 M. Gunn & Codd, L.E. Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa. An Illustrated History of Early Botanical Literature on the Cape Flora. Swets & Zeitlinger 1983.

* cite book
title=Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists
author=Ray Desmond, Christine Ellwood
year=1994
publisher=CRC Press
isbn=0850668433
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=thmPzIltAV8C&pg=PA752&lpg=PA752&dq=anthony+hurt+%22wolley+dod%22&source=web&ots=9Em6iJf8R1&sig=NpPJjeiM9OO5Kh9dVKGY948c3hA&hl=en in Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists

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Bibliography

Books by Wolley-Dod [http://worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AA++H+Wolley-Dod&fq=&sd=desc&qt=first_page on WorldCat.]