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MB. CHARLES EDGAR SALMON, the well-known systematic botanist, whose sudden death occurred on Jan. 1,1930, was born on Nov. 22,1872. He was an architect by profession and had an extensive practice in the Reigate district. Salmon was essentially a field botanist with a wide knowledge of the British spermatophytic flora, to the study of which he had devoted most of his leisure time for many years. A considerable number of papers in the Journal of Botany and elsewhere testify to his industry and the part he played in advancing the study of British flowering plants. In addition, Salmon was an authority on the sea-lavenders (Limonium), and at the time of his death was correcting the proofs of a flora of his own county of Surrey. He was an active member of the Linnean Society and served on its Council from 1920 to 1923. His extensive herbarium, including part of the collections of the late Mr. Arthur Bennett, has been bequeathed to the British Museum (Natural History). His many colleagues will miss, first the help he was always willing to give in identifying species of the many genera with which he had worked and, above all, a genial unselfish friend remarkable for his amiability and sense of humour.
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T., W. [Obituray]. Nature 125, 643 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125643a0
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