Berkeley, M. J. (Miles Joseph), 1803-1889

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Reverend Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803-1899) of King's Cliff, Wansford and Sibbertoft, Harborough, England, Anglican minister and founder of British mycology.

From the finding aid for M.A. Curtis Papers, 1720-1952, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University Libraries

Rev. Miles Joseph Berkeley; born 1 April 1803, Benefield, East Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England; died 30 July 1889, Sibbertoft, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England; cryptogamist, clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology.

From the Find a Grave website.

Epithet: Reverend; FRS; botanist

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x0003b7

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referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn John Edward Gray papers, 1783-1884, 1783-1884 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Papers of Lewis Way, 1817-1844 University of Southampton Libaries Special Collections
referencedIn Scientists Collection, 1563-1973 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Vol. V, ff. 291, A-E.includes:f. 1 Andrew Leith Adams, FRS: Letter to [ ?T. R. Jones]: 1864. f. 3 William Grylls Adams, Professor of Natural Philosophy, King's College, London: Letter to [?T. R. Jones]: 1875. ff. 5, 7 Jacob Georg Agardh, Swedish natu... British Library
referencedIn William Borrer: Correspondence and notes, 19th century Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
referencedIn CORRESPONDENCE Of distinguished botanists, chiefly French and English, consisting for the most part of letters from Philip Barker Webb to H. B. A. Moquin-Tandon, and from others to the same and to Webb; 1784-1860. The names of all the writers are giv..., 1784-1860 British Library
referencedIn M.A. Curtis Papers, 1720-1952 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. Papers, 1783-1884. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn British Museum (Natural History). [Contact repository for more information].
referencedIn Farlow, W. G. (William Gilson), 1844-1919. Papers of William Gilson Farlow, 1866-1919 (bulk). Harvard University, Botany Libraries
referencedIn John Edward Gray papers, 1783-1884, 1783-1884 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn MISCELLANE0US AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, signatures, etc.; 1830-1878, n.d. The letters are taken mainly from correspondence of Thomas Sansom (d. 1872), of the Custom House, Liverpool (and later of Newcastle), Fellow of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh and ..., 1830-1878 British Library
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associatedWith Borrer, William person
memberOf Church of England corporateBody
associatedWith Curtis, M. A. (Moses Ashley), 1808-1872. person
associatedWith Farlow, W. G. (William Gilson), 1844-1919. person
associatedWith Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. person
associatedWith Harvey, William Henry person
correspondedWith Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 person
correspondedWith Peters, Thomas M. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Sibbertoft ENG GB
Wansford ENG GB
King's Cliffe ENG GB
East Northamptonshire District ENG GB
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Cryptogams
Smithsonian Publications
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Botanists
Clergy
Mycologists
Plant pathologists
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Birth 1803-04-01

Death 1889-07-30

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English

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