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Ernest Henry Wilson
Ernest Henry Wilson alias « el chino»[1] (15 de febrero de 1876 – 15 de octubre de 1930), generalmente conocido como E. H. Wilson, fue un botánico y exploradoringlés, renombrado, que introdujo un muy gran número de especies vegetales de Asia en Occidente[2]
Biografía
[editar]Wilson había nacido en Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire (Inglaterra). Dejó pronto la escuela para emplearse en el seno de un vivero local, como aprendiz jardinero, y trabajará posteriormente en el jardín botánico de Birmingham, al mismo tiempo que seguiría los cursos nocturnos de la Escuela Técnica de Birmingham, recibiendo el Premio de la reina por la Botánica. En 1897 trabaja en los Jardines Botánicos Reales de Kew, donde recibirá el premio Hooker por un ensayo sobre las coníferas. Y aceptará un puesto de recolector de plantas chinas por cuenta de la empresa James Veitch & Sons.[3]
Wilson viaja hacia el oeste en dirección de la China, haciendo un alto de cinco días en el Arnold Arboretum de la Universidad Harvard en Boston (Massachusetts)
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Ernest Henry Wilson
Botanist (1876–1930)
Ernest Henry "Chinese"[1] Wilson (15 February 1876 – 15 October 1930), better known as E. H. Wilson, was a British plant collector and explorer who introduced a large range of about 2,000 Asian plant species to the West; some sixty bear his name.[2]
Career
Wilson was born in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire but the family soon moved to Shirley, Warwickshire, where they set up a floristry business.[3] He left school early for employment at the local nursery of Messrs. Hewitt, Warwickshire, as apprentice gardener, and, aged 16, at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens; there he also studied at Birmingham Municipal Technical School in the evenings, receiving the Queen's Prize for botany. In 1897 he began work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where he won the Hooker Prize for an essay on conifers. He then accepted a position as Chinese plant collector with the firm of James Veitch & Sons, who were eager above all to retrieve the dove tree, Davidia involucrata. "Stick to the one thing you are a
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Wilson, Ernest Henry (1876 - 1930)
Born on 15 February 1876 in Gloucestershire, England; died on 15 October 1930 in Worcester, Massachussetts, USA.
He left school early for employment at a local nursery in Warwickshire, as apprentice gardener, and, aged 16, at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
In 1897 he began work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
He then accepted a position as Chinese plant collector with the firm of James Veitch & Sons, who were eager above all to retrieve the dove tree, Davidia involucrata.
Much has been written about his adventures in China, earning him the name 'Chinese Wilson'.
In subsequent years he became a collector for Sargent at the Arnold Arboretum, USA, and made further expeditions to China in 1907, 1908, and 1910, as well as to Japan 1911-1916.
He returned to Asia in 1917-1918, exploring in Korea and Formosa.
Upon return to the Arnold Arboretum in 1919 he was appointed Associate Director.
Three years later he set off for a two-year expedition that included Australia and New Zealand.
Wilson's travels took him to c
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