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NameHill; Sir; Arthur William (1875-1941); Knight; British botanist and director of Kew
Dates and Placesb.11 Oct 1875, Herga, Watford; d.3 Nov 1941, Richmond, Surrey
SurnameHill
ForenamesArthur William
HistoryAfter graduating from Cambridge University, Hill remained there to conduct botanical research. He was appointed university demonstrator in 1899 and lecturer in 1904 following his return from an expedition to the Andes of Bolivia and Peru. In 1907, he became the assistant director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, becoming full director in 1922. In this position, Hill continued his botanical research, focusing on ornamental garden and glasshouse plants in the wild, and natural plant hybrids. The herbarium at Kew was, during this time, one of the most important in the world and Hill had a large part to play in maintaining this reputation. He was also successful in obtaining extra funds, which resulted in improvements to several of the facilities at the gardens, including the herbarium, laboratories and a new banana house. As director of Kew, Hill was also botanical adviser to the secretary of state for the colonies and chief horticultural adviser to the Imperial War Graves Commission. The Royal Horticultural Society awarded him its Victoria medal of honour as well as a Veitch memorial medal for services to horticulture in 1936.
RulesInternational 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
Sourcehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_William_Hill
ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33867 (accessed 15/10/2019)
VIAF: 73933119
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SAN/4/3Photograph Album: Greecend [1934]
MCR/1/12/1Spain and Canary Islands etc: Cultural Products21 Dec 1866-14 Aug 1913
MCR/1/1/41Great Britain: Miscellaneous1864-16 Sep 1916
MCR/1/1/33Chelsea Botanic Garden29 Apr 1845-14 Feb 1929
MCR/1/1/32Great Britain: Forestry Education and Misc27 Aug 1873-21 Dec 1926
MCR/5/1/4India: Bengal etc Andaman and Nicobar Islands1870-5 Jun 1928
MCR/2/5/1Arabia: Cultural Products etc1853-8 May 1915
MCR/2/8/1Agriculture in the Canary Islands with special reference to Bananas and Tomatoes by E Holmes; Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Intelligence Dept (Agricultural Section) Report no 1Sep 1929-30 Apr 1930
MCR/4/3/4Hong Kong: Miscellaneous1874-22 Jun 1928
MCR/1/1/20Forest Products Research Board28 Sep 1922-12 Apr 1927
MCR/4/2/11China: Plant collections, cultural products etc. 5 Oct 1853-31 Aug 1914
MCR/1/1/46Scotland: Miscellaneous2 Oct 1880-16 Jul 1924
MCR/2/4/2Egypt, Abyssinia and Somaliland: Miscellaneous1 Sep 1911-28 Jul 1927
AWHSir Arthur Hill Papersc.1895-1941
MCR/1/1/42South Kensington Museum: Science and Art Department17 Dec 1855-1912
SAN/4/2Photograph Album: Greek Macedonia, Albania and Greece1932-1934
MCR/10/3/5West Tropical Africa: Forests3 Aug 1905-Mar 1921
ELL/1/4'Biographical Data Collected by Sir Arthur William Hill concerning Henry Nicholson Ellacombe'1879-1919
MCR/15/16/9Trinidad: Cultural products Cocoa-Coffee1866-9 Jun 1919
MCR/5/1/2India: Miscellaneous6 Aug 1878-25 Apr 1928
MCR/1/4/1Russia: Miscellaneous6 Oct 1857-25 Jul 1913
MCR/2/2/3Cyprus: Botanical Exploration and Cultural Products12 Oct 1878-6 Feb 1920
MCR/1/5/1North and Central Europe: Miscellaneous14 Jan 1875-20 Sep 1928
MCR/5/1/3India: Agriculture22 Dec 1869-23 Feb 1921
MCR/4/2/1China and Tibet: Miscellaneous31 Mar 1866-2 Jul 1925
MCR/4/2/5China: Foods, Medicines and WoodsJun 1858-8 Jan 1914
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