Person Trimen; Henry (1843 - 1896) Trimen Henry 1843 - 1896 British Male Paddington, London, England 26 October 1843 Kandy ? 16 October 1896 Burial: Mahaiyawa cemetery

Peradeniya, Ceylon (1888)

Botany 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 Son of Richard and Marianne Esther Trimen, younger brother of Roland Trimen (FRS 1883) Fellow 07/06/1888 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 26 Oct 1843 - 16 Oct 1896 NA6979 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 02/04/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/72717911 1ddc8a2b-ea3a-4ed1-bbe9-5319442ca25a