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Excerpt from The Journal of Botany, Vol. 58: British and Foreign
It was appropriate that Marshall's name should be associated with two of his favourite genera, and that this should have been done by those who were not only experts in those genera but also members Of his own profession. It may be noted in passing that, from the days of William Turner who is regarded as its father, the clergy of the Established Church have been among the chief pro moters of English botany - John Ray (1627 - 1705) stands out as their most eminent example - and a catena of their number might be made reaching to the present time William Williamson Newbould (1819 himself retiring to a fault and unrepresented in literature, probably did more than anyone to stimulate the study of critical plants. Contemporary with Marshall and fellow-workers with him were Richard Paget Murray (1842 William Richardson Linton (1850 Augustin Ley (1842 the Rev. W. Moyle Rogers and the Rev. Edward F. Linton still happily with us William Henry Purchas (1823 Thomas Arthur Preston (1833 and William Hunt Painter (1835 although contemporary, were less associated with Marshall than those already named. The Rev. H. J. Riddelsdell, though also contemporary, from whom much may be expected, belongs to a somewhat younger generation Of clerical botanists, Of which he is apparently the sole representative; it may be hoped that others in the ranks of the clergy will arise to carry on the tradition, but Of this no Sign is yet apparent.
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