Ellen Willmott

Ellen Ann Willmott
FLS VMH
Willmott in 1907
Born
Ellen Ann Willmott

19 August 1858
Heston, Middlesex, UK
Died27 September 1934(1934-09-27) (aged 76)
Resting placeBrentwood Cathedral
NationalityBritish
Occupation
  • Horticulturist

Ellen Ann Willmott FLS VMH (19 August 1858 – 27 September 1934)[1] was an English horticulturist. She was an influential member of the Royal Horticultural Society, and a recipient of the first Victoria Medal of Honour, awarded to British horticulturists living in the UK by the society, in 1897. Willmott was said to have cultivated more than 100,000 species and cultivars of plants and sponsored expeditions to discover new species.[2] Inherited wealth allowed Willmott to buy large gardens in France and Italy to add to the garden at her home, Warley Place in Essex.[3] More than 60 plants have been named after her or her home, Warley Place.[4]

  1. ^ Le Lièvre, Audrey (2004). "Willmott, Ellen Ann (1858–1934)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48838. Retrieved 12 April 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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  3. ^ "Special Exhibition Label: 'Eccentricity: Unexpected Objects and Irregular Behaviour' (10/5/2011 - 16/10/2011) (MHS Narratives: IRN 15071)". Museum of the History of Science. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
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