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Lindley, John, 1799–1865, English botanist and horticulturist. He organized the first flower shows in England and was influential in preserving the Royal Gardens at Kew (see Kew Gardens Kew Gardens , Kew, Surrey, S England, on the Thames just W of London; Royal Botanic Gardens is the official name. The gardens were founded by the dowager princess of Wales in 1761 and consisted of about 9 acres (3.6 hectares).
..... Click the link for more information. ). In 1829 he was appointed the first professor of botany at the Univ. of London (later University College). Lindley wrote the botanical articles for the Penny Cyclopaedia and a major portion of those in Loudon's Encyclopaedia of Plants. He also wrote The Fossil Flora of Great Britain (with William Hutton, 1831–37), The Theory of Horticulture (1840), and The Vegetable Kingdom (1846).

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No references found			Byline: Joanne Welford reports NOW retired, 72-year-old JOHN LINDLEY from Guisborough, who was a technical safety adviser at ICI, has penned a book about his father entitled Captain Lindley MC, A Hero Of The Great War - inspired after finding letters written home by his dad during the First World War. What's on your bookshelf? by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) CAPTION(S): WINNERS: Supplementary Cup and Pennine League Division II winners Lindley Swifts are pictured back row (from left): Richard Lane, Darryl Field, Adam Marchant, John Eastwood, Sean Costello, Robert Noble, Gary Sharples, Kane Shaw, Anthony James, Nigel Dyson, John Lindley, Colin Lane. SWIFTS SWOOP by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) The cinematography is by John Lindley and the unflinching score is by Ramin Djawadi. Reviews: DVDs by Birmingham Mail (England)			John II Comnenus John II the Good John III John III Ducas Vatatzes John III Sobieski John Italus John IV John Jackson John James Audubon State Park John James Rickard Macleod John Jay College of Criminal Justice John Jay Homestead State Historic Site John Jervis John Joly John Joseph Curtin John Jr Swigert John Kay John Keats John Kenneth Galbraith John Kerr John King Fairbank John Knox John Lackland John Law John Lilburne John Lindley John Little State Reserve John Lloyd Stephens John Locke John Lubbock John Lyly John Mackinnon Robertson John Maclean John Malalas John Mark John Marsh Home John Marston John Martin Reservoir State Park John Masefield John Mauchly John Maurice Clark John Maurice of Nassau John Maynard Keynes John McCarthy John Mcdouall Stuart John McLaren Park John Metaxas John Millington Synge John Milton John Milton Hay John Mitchel			John L. H. Down John L. Lewis John L. Lewis John L. Lewis John L. Sullivan John Labbatt Centre John Lackland John Lackland John Laing Partnership John Latsch State Park John Law John le Carre John le Carré John Lee Hooker John Lennon John Lennon John Lennon John Lennon Airport John Lennon Artificial Intelligence Project John Lennon Songwriting Contest John Lennon Talent Award John Leslie Montgomery John Levy Lighting Productions John Lewis John Lewis John Lewis John Lewis Coffee Shop, Inc. John Lewis Community Services John Lewis Partnership John Lilburne John Lindley John Liston Byam Shaw John Little McClellan John Little State Reserve John Llewelly Lewis John Llewellyn Lewis John Llewellyn Lewis John Lloyd Stephens John Lock John Lock John Locke John Locke John Locke John Locke Foundation John Logie Baird John Lubbock John Luther Jones John Lydgate John Lyly John Lyly John Lylye John Lylye John Lyons John M Floyd and Associates John M'Douall Stuart John M. Browning John M. Clayton John M. Clayton John M. Cockerham and Associates

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Lindley, John (redirected from John Lindley)

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