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Code	DS/UK/130
Name	Balfour; Sir; Isaac Bayley (1853-1922); botanist
Dates and Places	Born in Edinburgh 31 Mar 1853. Died in Haslemere, Surrey 30 Nov 1922
Biography	Second son of botanist John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884). Specialised in botany during his education at Edinburgh University, graduating with a BSc in 1873. Graduated MB in 1877 and MD in 1883. Botanist on the transit of Venus expedition to Rodriquez Island in 1874. His report on the flora of the island established him as a plant taxonomist and he gained a DSc. Collected plants in Socotra 1879-1880. Professor of Botany at Glasgow from 1879. Became Professor of Botany at Oxford in 1884. One of the founding members of the ANNALS OF BOTANY in 1887, he was the first editor of the journal. He served as Chairman of the Annals of Botany Company from 1903-1912. He returned to Edinburgh in 1888 as Professor of Botany at the university, queen's botanist in Scotland and regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden. He was considered an authority on Asiatic plants, particularly rhododendrons and primulas. Elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1884 and created KBE in 1920.
Surname	Balfour
Forenames	Isaac Bayley
Rules	International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Source	Ray Desmond's DICTIONARY OF BRITISH & IRISH BOTANISTS AND HORTICULTURISTS (NHM, London 1977); Oxford Dictionary of National Biography http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30558 (accessed 11 Jun 2015)

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Reference	Title	Date
AOB/1/6	'Annals of Botany Correspondence for 1911'	Jan 1911-May 1912
MCR/1/1/46	Scotland: Miscellaneous	2 Oct 1880-16 Jul 1924
MCR/1/1/23	British Forestry	2 Sep 1868-21 Dec 1909
AOB/1/4	'A. B. Company Minutes 1904-1931'	Nov 1904-1977
AOB	Annals of Botany Papers	1885-2015
AOB/1/1	'Annals of Botany Minute Book 1885-1897'	1885-c.1943
AOB/1/3	'Annals of Botany Correspondence 1899 Jan & Feb'	9 Feb 1898-28 Feb 1899
AOB/1/5	'Annals of Botany 1905-1911 Correspondence & Minutes'	Jan 1905-Dec 1910

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