Joseph Robert Sealy Explained

Joseph Robert Sealy
Birth Date:1907
Death Date:1 August 2000
Nationality:British
Occupation:Botanist
Spouse:Stella Ross-Craig
Known For:Camellia
Author Abbrev Bot:Sealy

Joseph Robert Sealy (1907 – 1 August 2000) was an English botanist. He began his career in botany in 1925, working at Kew Gardens, with Thomas Archibald Sprague in the tropical crops section. Later, in 1927, he worked in a herbarium with Arthur William Hill. He was appointed Assistant Botanist in 1940. His specialty was the Flora of China, especially Camellia.

In his personal life he was married to fellow botanist and colleague Stella Ross-Craig (1906–2006).

Publications

He is the botanical author of iris graeberiana, which was first published in Botanical Magazine 167: t. 126 in 1950.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Revision of the Genus Camellia, 1958 . 18 January 2014 . 11 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090311021727/http://sazanka.org/wordpress/2007/09/01/sealy-1958/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Iris graeberiana. apps.kew.org . 21 August 2014.