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[oldnick]

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Specimen #281601

Taxon:	Fabaceae: Medicago lupulina L. ("Black Medick")
Filed in taxon folder:	Fabaceae: Medicago lupulina L. ("Black Medick")
Collected by:	William Thompson (father of HST)
Collection date:	1852
Locality:	Great Britain, East Yorkshire, York, SE65
ex herb:	Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	seeds/fruits
notes:	my father when at Bootham School HST

Inferred details are marked.

Documented by oldnick on 1^st November 2009.

Edit history

date	user	change
01/11/2009	tom humphrey	Deleted collector: William Thompson
01/11/2009	tom humphrey	Added collector: William Thompson (father of HST)
26/08/2016	chrisu	Added note: my father when at Bootham School HST

Specimen #281602

Taxon:	Fabaceae: Medicago lupulina L. ("Black Medick")
Filed in taxon folder:	Fabaceae: Medicago lupulina L. ("Black Medick")
Collected by:	Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:	26/8/1886
Locality:	Great Britain, VC1 West Cornwall, Lizard, SW71
ex herb:	Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
fruits/flowers:	seeds/fruits

Inferred details are marked.

Documented by oldnick on 1^st November 2009.

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oldnick wrote

If William Thompson was HST's father, as stated on the sheet, he cannot have died in 1852,as HST was born in 1870. I assume therefore the date on 'i' relates to his dates of collecting? WT was apparently (a teacher?) at Bootham School York according to the sheet.

[Tom Humphrey]

Thank you for spotting this. It appears that there are three William Thompson botanists

from British & Irish Botantists:
Thompson, William (1805-1852) b. Befast, d. London
Thompson, William (1823-1903) d. Ipswich

and Thompson, William, (10/11/1837-21/12/1927) father of HST (not listed in British & Irish Botanists)
(see http://www.bridgwaterheritage.org.uk/wembdon_rd_cemetery/archive/page6.html but note that that web page has mis-transcribed HST's dates).

All the Birmingham William Thompson references appear to be HST's father.