Edward James Salisbury
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Sir Edward James Salisbury, (1886-1978), was a British botanist in the early part of the Twentieth Century. He was director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew from 1943 to 1956. In 1946, he was made a knight.
The standard botanical author abbreviation E.Salisb. is applied to species he described.
Published works:
- The Living Garden, 1936
- The Reproductive Capacity of Plants, 1942
- Flowers of the Woods, 1946
- Downs and Dunes, 1952
- Weeds and Aliens, 1961
- The Biology of Garden Weeds, 1962