| Authorised form of name | Lindley; John (1799 - 1865) |
| Dates | 1799 - 1865 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Catton, near Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Date of birth | 05 February 1799 |
| Place of death | His house on Acton Green, Middlesex |
| Date of death | 01 November 1865 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Acton cemetery, Middlesex |
| Research field | Botany |
| Horticulture |
| Activity | Career:
Assistant Librarian to Sir Joseph Banks; Assistant Secretary, Horticultural Society (1822-1841); Professor of Botany, University College London (1829-1860); Lecturer on Botany, Apothecaries Company (1836-1853); lost an eye in youth; died of apoplexy
Memberships:
FLS (1820); FGS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/01/1828 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1857 |
| Relationships | Son of George Lindley, nurseryman; married (1823) Sarah, daughter of Anthony George Freestone of St Margaret's, South Elmham, Suffolk; father of Nathaniel, Baron Lindley (FRS 1898) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1866-1867 vol 15 pp xxx-xxxii
References:
Gudrun Richardson, 'A Norfolk Network within the Royal Society' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 27-39, plate
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/44413344 |
| Code | NA5961 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/Maull/002756 | Lindley, John | nd |
| IM/005393 | Lindley, John | nd |
| IM/005391 | Lindley, John | nd |
| IM/002758 | Lindley, John | nd |
| RR/3/85 | Referee's report by John Lindley, on a paper 'On the fructification of certain sphœriaceous fungi' by Frederick Currey | 20 August 1857 |
| MS/426/327 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to E [Edward] Forbes, Esq | 10 May 1848 |
| MS/426/324 | Note of a letter from [the Secretaries of] the Royal Society; to Dr [John] Lindley | 5 May 1848 |
| EC/1828/05 | Lindley, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/005390 | Lindley, John | nd |
| IM/002757 | Lindley, John | 1849 |
| IM/000587 | Group lithograph of Royal Microscopical Society Presidents | nd |
| RR/2/67 | Referee's report by John Lindley, on a paper ' On the vine-disease in the port-wine districts of the Alto-Douro, in April 1854. With a supplementary note on the proposed remedies for its eradication' by Joseph James Forrester | 24 August 1854 |
| MC/3 | Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1839-1843 |
| MC/3/135 | Letter from John Lindley, 21 Regent Street, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 3 February 1841 |
| MS/426/268 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [John] Lindley [ Horticultural Society ] | 19 March 1847 |
| MC/4/168 | Letter from James Koll [?], Librarian of the Horticultural Society, 21 Regent Street, to [John] Lindley, Vice-Secretary of the Horticultural Society | 6 January 1847 |
| MC/4/171 | Letter from John Lindley, [Vice-Secretary of the Horticultural Society], 21 Regent Street, to Dr [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 6 February 1847 |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| RR/2/108 | Referee's report by John Lindley, on a paper 'On the structure of certain limestone nodules enclosed in seams of bituminous coal, with a description of some trigonocarpons contained in them' by Joseph Dalton Hooker and Edward William Binney | 5 March 1855 |