Edward James Salisbury

Sir Edward James Salisbury, (1886-1978), was a British botanist in the early part of the Twentieth Century. He was director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew from 1943 to 1956. In 1946, he was made a knight.

The standard botanical author abbreviation E.Salisb. is applied to species he described.

Published works:

• The Living Garden, 1936
• The Reproductive Capacity of Plants, 1942
• Flowers of the Woods, 1946
• Downs and Dunes, 1952
• Weeds and Aliens, 1961
• The Biology of Garden Weeds, 1962