Rendle was born in Lewisham to John Samuel and Jane Wilson Rendle.
He was educated in Lewisham where he first became interested in plants, St Olave's Grammar School, Southwark and St John's College, Cambridge.[3] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cambridge and Bachelor of Science from University of London in 1887. He was awarded Master of Arts degree from Cambridge in 1891 and D.Sc. degree from London in 1898.[4] He won scholarships from his school and universities that covered most of the cost of his education and his move from Cambridge to London was prompted by a vacancy for a salaried position as an assistant in the Botanical Department of the British Museum. This made him focus on systematic botany for his career, focusing on gymnosperms, monocotyledons, and the Apetalae. In 1894 he obtained a lectureship at The Birkbeck Institute, teaching during the evenings.
Rendle published a number of books. Perhaps the best known of these was The Classification of Flowering Plants, which saw a gap of over 20 years between the publication of its two volumes – the first was published in 1904,[5] but readers had to wait until 1925 for volume two. This long gap was attributed by Rendle to his "increasing official and non-official duties". These included acting as botany editor for the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, published in 1911, editor of the Journal of Botany (1924 – 1938), and revising the 7th edition Handbook of British Flora (1924, author G. Bentham).
Rendle was president of the Quekett Microscopical Club from 1916 to 1921 and president of the Linnean Society from 1923 to 1927. he had been a Fellow of the Linnean Society since 1888, and was its secretary 1916 – 1923.
His contemporaries considered that he had a keen sense of duty which he brought to his roles at the British Museum and contribution to the scientific community. His teaching focused on delivering fundamental knowledge to undergraduates rather than advanced study.[4]
^"The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35727. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^"Rendle, Alfred Barton (RNDL883AB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ abBurkill, Isaac (1938). "Alfred Barton Rendle" (PDF). Journal of Botany. 76: 64–68. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^"Review of The Classification of Flowering Plants by Alfred Barton Rendle, Vol. i. Gymnosperms and Monocotyledons". The Oxford Magazine. 23. The Proprietors: 99. 23 November 1904.
alfred, barton, rendle, january, 1865, january, 1938, english, botanist, born19, january, 1865london, united, kingdomdied11, january, 1938leatherhead, united, kingdomnationalitybritishalma, materuniversity, london, university, cambridgeawardsfellow, linnean, s. Alfred Barton Rendle FRS 1 19 January 1865 11 January 1938 was an English botanist 2 Alfred Barton RendleBorn19 January 1865London United KingdomDied11 January 1938Leatherhead United KingdomNationalityBritishAlma materUniversity of London University of CambridgeAwardsFellow of the Linnean Society 1888 President Linnean Society 1923 1927Scientific careerFieldsbotanyInstitutionsBritish Museum Rendle was born in Lewisham to John Samuel and Jane Wilson Rendle He was educated in Lewisham where he first became interested in plants St Olave s Grammar School Southwark and St John s College Cambridge 3 He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cambridge and Bachelor of Science from University of London in 1887 He was awarded Master of Arts degree from Cambridge in 1891 and D Sc degree from London in 1898 4 He won scholarships from his school and universities that covered most of the cost of his education and his move from Cambridge to London was prompted by a vacancy for a salaried position as an assistant in the Botanical Department of the British Museum This made him focus on systematic botany for his career focusing on gymnosperms monocotyledons and the Apetalae In 1894 he obtained a lectureship at The Birkbeck Institute teaching during the evenings He was Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum from 1906 to 1930 in succession to George Robert Milne Murray In 1905 Rendle attended the International Botanical Congress in Vienna where he was appointed on to the editorial committee for the International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature now superseded by the International Code of Nomenclature for algae fungi and plants and the International Code of Nomenclature for Bacteria a role which he continued in until 1935 Rendle published a number of books Perhaps the best known of these was The Classification of Flowering Plants which saw a gap of over 20 years between the publication of its two volumes the first was published in 1904 5 but readers had to wait until 1925 for volume two This long gap was attributed by Rendle to his increasing official and non official duties These included acting as botany editor for the Encyclopaedia Britannica Eleventh Edition published in 1911 editor of the Journal of Botany 1924 1938 and revising the 7th edition Handbook of British Flora 1924 author G Bentham Rendle was president of the Quekett Microscopical Club from 1916 to 1921 and president of the Linnean Society from 1923 to 1927 he had been a Fellow of the Linnean Society since 1888 and was its secretary 1916 1923 His contemporaries considered that he had a keen sense of duty which he brought to his roles at the British Museum and contribution to the scientific community His teaching focused on delivering fundamental knowledge to undergraduates rather than advanced study 4 The standard author abbreviation Rendle is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 6 References edit Prain D 1939 Alfred Barton Rendle 1865 1938 Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 2 7 510 526 doi 10 1098 rsbm 1939 0011 The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press 2004 doi 10 1093 ref odnb 35727 Subscription or UK public library membership required Rendle Alfred Barton RNDL883AB A Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge a b Burkill Isaac 1938 Alfred Barton Rendle PDF Journal of Botany 76 64 68 Retrieved 16 September 2019 Review of The Classification of Flowering Plants by Alfred Barton Rendle Vol i Gymnosperms and Monocotyledons The Oxford Magazine 23 The Proprietors 99 23 November 1904 International Plant Names Index Rendle Bibliography edit nbsp Wikisource has original works by or about Alfred Barton Rendle Stearn William T The Natural History Museum at South Kensington ISBN 0 434 73600 7 Books by A B Rendle at the Biodiversity Library including Flora of Jamaica coauthored with William Fawcett nbsp This article about a British botanist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alfred Barton Rendle amp oldid 1146065015, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
