| Authorised form of name | Trimen; Henry (1843 - 1896) |
| Dates | 1843 - 1896 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Paddington, London, England |
| Date of birth | 26 October 1843 |
| Place of death | Kandy ? |
| Date of death | 16 October 1896 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Mahaiyawa cemetery, ? |
| Research field | Botany |
| Activity | Education:
King's College School, London; King's College Medical School; Edinburgh. MB (London)
Career:
Curator, Medical Museum, King's College, London; Lecturer on Botany, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London (1867-1872); published, with W Thiselton Dyer (FRS 1880) 'Flora of Middlesex' (1869); joined botanical department, British Museum (1869); co-wrote 'Medicinal Plants' (published 1875-1880); Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Ceylon (for 16 years); never practised medicine; became completely deaf and had to resign
Memberships:
FLS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1888 |
| Relationships | Son of Richard and Marianne Esther Trimen, younger brother of Roland Trimen (FRS 1883) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
A Cohen, 'Roland Trimen and the merope harem' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 205-218
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 161-165 signed by W T T D |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/72717911 |
| Code | NA6979 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/2/416 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to General Sir William Jervois, Fellow of the Royal Society | 12 June 1888 |
| NLB/13/631 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 22 October 1896 |
| EC/1888/23 | Trimen, Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/10/196 | Letter from Henry Trimen, Botanical Department, British Museum, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society and to the Council | 19 January 1875 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |