Desmid sketches and lists, compiled from various authors by William Barwell Turner

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 217
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca.1858-1887
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 vol. (249 pp.; 22 plates) Bound in leather with marbled endpapers and gilt lettering on the spine: DESMID SKETCHES/[&] LISTS

Scope and Content

Includes some photographs made from lantern-slides, 1885

Administrative / Biographical History

William Barwell Turner was a botanist and expert on the Desmidieae. He became President of the Leeds Naturalists' Club in 1881

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of W. Denison Roebuck, May, 1918

Note

In English

Custodial History

From the William Barwell Turner Collection