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| ⚫ | ]''<br>]<br>'''''Monograph of the Genus Lilium''''']] | ||
| '''Henry John Elwes, ]''' (] ] - ] ]) was a ] ] and ]. Henry Elwes was one of the sixty inaugural recipients of the ] of the ] in 1897. | '''Henry John Elwes, ]''' (] ] - ] ]) was a ] ] and ]. Henry Elwes was one of the sixty inaugural recipients of the ] of the ] in 1897. | ||
| ⚫ | Henry John was the eldest son of J H Elwes of Colesbourne Park near Cheltenham. He studied at Eton and spent five years in the Scots Guards. He then travelled to various parts of the world and studied aspects natural history including botany, entomology, ornithology and big game.<ref name=obit>Anon (1923) Obituary: Henry John Elwes, F. R. S. The Geographical Journal 61(4):311</ref> Elwes was described as "a giant of a man, and a very dominating character" <ref name=Riley> Riley, N. D. ''History of Department of Entomology'', p. 212. </ref> with "a booming voice which carried well across his Gloucestershire estate, but was very disconcerting elsewhere" <ref name=Stearn> Stearn, W. T. ''Natural History Museum'', p. 212.</ref>. In 1886 he was made a member of the Mission through Sikkim to Tibet and he made a report of this to the Geographical Section of the British Association. He also made collection trips to Sikkim, the United Provinces, Punjab, Central Provinces, Bengal, South Canara and Travancore. His Sikkim expedition alone yielded nearly 530 records of butterflies. He wrote a monograph on the Oriental Hesperiidae along with T. Edwards.<ref>Rao, B R Subba (1998) History of Entomology in India. Institution of Agricultural Technologists. Bangalore.</ref> He made a trip to the Altai region in 1898. His posthumously published ''Memoirs'' (1930) includes a chapter describing a visit to ] in 1914, a time when Europeans were seldom admitted. He mentions an unnamed companion. It is now known that his companion was the English naturalist ], who took some of the photographs used to illustrate this chapter.<ref>This visit is described in an unpublished manuscript: ''Indian Journal 1914'' by Aubyn Trevor-Battye, now in the possession of A.T-B's descendants, along with the original photographs</ref>. He was a Fellow of the He was the author of ''Monograph of the Genus Lilium'' (1880) and ''Trees of Great Britain and Ireland'' with ], as well as numerous articles. He left a collection of 30,000 butterfly specimens to the ], including 11,370 specimens of Palaearctic butteflies <ref name=Salmon, M. A. (2000). ''The Aurelian Legacy'' - Britain's butterliesand their collectors. Harley Books, ]. ISBN 0946589402</ref>. | ||
| Henry John was the eldest son of J H Elwes of Colesbourne Park near Cheltenham. He studied at Eton and spent five years in the Scots Guards. He then travelled to various parts of the world and studied aspects natural history including botany, entomology, ornithology and big game.<ref name=obit>Anon (1923) Obituary: Henry John Elwes, F. R. S. The Geographical Journal 61(4):311</ref> | |||
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| ⚫ | In 1886 he was made a member of the Mission through Sikkim to Tibet and he made a report of this to the Geographical Section of the British Association. He also made collection trips to Sikkim, the United Provinces, Punjab, Central Provinces, Bengal, South Canara and Travancore. His Sikkim expedition yielded nearly 530 records of butterflies. He wrote a monograph on the Oriental Hesperiidae along with T. Edwards.<ref>Rao, B R Subba (1998) History of Entomology in India. Institution of Agricultural Technologists. Bangalore.</ref> He made a trip to the Altai region in 1898. His posthumously published ''Memoirs'' (1930) includes a chapter describing a visit to ] in 1914, a time when Europeans were seldom admitted. He mentions an unnamed companion. It is now known that his companion was the English naturalist ], who took some of the photographs used to illustrate this chapter.<ref>This visit is described in an unpublished manuscript: ''Indian Journal 1914'' by Aubyn Trevor-Battye, now in the possession of A.T-B's descendants, along with the original photographs</ref> | ||
| He was a Fellow of the He was the author of ''Monograph of the Genus Lilium'' (1880) and ''Trees of Great Britain and Ireland'' with ], as well as numerous articles. He left a collection of 30,000 butterfly specimens to the ]. | |||
| ==Monograph on the Genus ''Lilium''== | ==Monograph on the Genus ''Lilium''== | ||
| ⚫ | ]''<br>]<br>'''''Monograph of the Genus Lilium''''']] | ||
| The monograph was instigated by Elwes, a plant collector and gardener from ], ], whose interest in botany had been sparked by a visit to the ]n region. In his garden he was able to grow many of the members of the Lilium genus and was a recognized expert in the field. | The monograph was instigated by Elwes, a plant collector and gardener from ], ], whose interest in botany had been sparked by a visit to the ]n region. In his garden he was able to grow many of the members of the Lilium genus and was a recognized expert in the field. | ||
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| Shortly before his death in 1922 Elwes had asked A. Grove, a friend and fellow lily expert, to undertake the task of producing the supplement. Dame ], who was related by marriage to Elwes, agreed to underwrite the cost of the work (co-written by Grove and the botanist A. D. Cotton) and the first seven parts of the supplement were published between July 1933 and February 1940, with 30 hand-coloured lithographed plates, all but two by ] (1879-1972)<ref> Monogram background from Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA)</ref>. Two final supplements have been published in 1960 and 1962 by ]. | Shortly before his death in 1922 Elwes had asked A. Grove, a friend and fellow lily expert, to undertake the task of producing the supplement. Dame ], who was related by marriage to Elwes, agreed to underwrite the cost of the work (co-written by Grove and the botanist A. D. Cotton) and the first seven parts of the supplement were published between July 1933 and February 1940, with 30 hand-coloured lithographed plates, all but two by ] (1879-1972)<ref> Monogram background from Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA)</ref>. Two final supplements have been published in 1960 and 1962 by ]. | ||
| ==Works== | ==Works== | ||
| *Elwes, H. J., ''On the butterflies of Amurlan, North China, and Japan'', 1881, LV-LIX: 856-916 | *Elwes, H. J., ''On the butterflies of Amurlan, North China, and Japan'', 1881, LV-LIX: 856-916 | ||
| *Elwes, H. J., ''On the Lepidopteren of the Altai Mountains'', 1899, pp. 295-367, pl. XI-XIV | *Elwes, H. J., ''On the Lepidopteren of the Altai Mountains'', 1899, pp. 295-367, pl. XI-XIV | ||
| * Elwes, H.J. ''Memoirs of Travel, Sport, and Natural History'', Edited posthumously by E. G. Hawke. Benn, London, 1930. | * Elwes, H.J. ''Memoirs of Travel, Sport, and Natural History'', Edited posthumously by E. G. Hawke. Benn, London, 1930. | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| {{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Monograph of the Genus Lilium
Henry John Elwes, FRS (16 May 1846 - 26 November 1922) was a British botanist and entomologist. Henry Elwes was one of the sixty inaugural recipients of the Victoria Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1897.
Henry John was the eldest son of J H Elwes of Colesbourne Park near Cheltenham. He studied at Eton and spent five years in the Scots Guards. He then travelled to various parts of the world and studied aspects natural history including botany, entomology, ornithology and big game. Elwes was described as "a giant of a man, and a very dominating character" with "a booming voice which carried well across his Gloucestershire estate, but was very disconcerting elsewhere" . In 1886 he was made a member of the Mission through Sikkim to Tibet and he made a report of this to the Geographical Section of the British Association. He also made collection trips to Sikkim, the United Provinces, Punjab, Central Provinces, Bengal, South Canara and Travancore. His Sikkim expedition alone yielded nearly 530 records of butterflies. He wrote a monograph on the Oriental Hesperiidae along with T. Edwards. He made a trip to the Altai region in 1898. His posthumously published Memoirs (1930) includes a chapter describing a visit to Nepal in 1914, a time when Europeans were seldom admitted. He mentions an unnamed companion. It is now known that his companion was the English naturalist Aubyn Trevor-Battye, who took some of the photographs used to illustrate this chapter.. He was a Fellow of the He was the author of Monograph of the Genus Lilium (1880) and Trees of Great Britain and Ireland with Augustine Henry, as well as numerous articles. He left a collection of 30,000 butterfly specimens to the Natural History Museum, including 11,370 specimens of Palaearctic butteflies Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).. Two final supplements have been published in 1960 and 1962 by William Bertram Turrill.
Works
- Elwes, H. J., On the butterflies of Amurlan, North China, and Japan, 1881, LV-LIX: 856-916
- Elwes, H. J., On the Lepidopteren of the Altai Mountains, 1899, pp. 295-367, pl. XI-XIV
- Elwes, H.J. Memoirs of Travel, Sport, and Natural History, Edited posthumously by E. G. Hawke. Benn, London, 1930.
References
- Anon (1923) Obituary: Henry John Elwes, F. R. S. The Geographical Journal 61(4):311
- Riley, N. D. History of Department of Entomology, p. 212.
- Stearn, W. T. Natural History Museum, p. 212.
- Rao, B R Subba (1998) History of Entomology in India. Institution of Agricultural Technologists. Bangalore.
- This visit is described in an unpublished manuscript: Indian Journal 1914 by Aubyn Trevor-Battye, now in the possession of A.T-B's descendants, along with the original photographs