Holmes, Edward Morell 1843-

Edward Morell Holmes described himself as a "Consulting Botanist and Pharmacognosist" and was the author of many papers on botany and materia medica. He was lecturer in botany at the Westminster Hospital School from 1873 to 1876, lecturer in materia medica to the Pharmaceutical Society from 1887 to 1890, and Curator of the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society from 1872 to 1922. In 1900 he was President to the British Pharmaceutical Conference. For an obituary see the Pharmaceutical Journal , 1930, 4th series, 71 , pp.284-286.

From the guide to the Papers of: Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1940), 1876-1930, (Wellcome Library)

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