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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-02-04 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007598b.htm person Weymouth William Anderson AACR2 24 March 1841 24 May 1928 Place of Birth Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Place of Death Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Bryologist William Weymouth worked as an insurance assessor for the National Mutual Insurance Company in Tasmania, but is generally known as one of the earliest people to study Tasmanian mosses and lichens. His interest began when he started collecting in 1887. He developed strong ties with leading European bryologists, including Antonio Jatta in Italy, Viktor Brotherus in Finland, and Franz Stephani in Germany, when he sent them specimens to be identified. Weymouth published several papers on Tasmanian mosses in the 1890s. Many of his bryophyte collections are in the Tasmanian Herbarium, while the National Herbarium of Victoria holds over 500 specimens. The moss genus Weymouthia was named in his honour. National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

The Herbarium holds over 500 of Weymouth's specimens

 Tasmanian Herbarium (1976 - )

The Herbarium holds many of Weymouth's collections

 'Weymouth, William Anderson', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Weymouth, William Anderson Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Some additions to the moss flora of Tasmania Weymouth, W. A. Some additions to the moss flora of Tasmania 1894 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1893 200-10 Journal Article: Lichenes lecti in Tasmania a W. Weymouth Jatta, A. Lichenes lecti in Tasmania a W. Weymouth 1911 Bullettino della Società botanica italiana 1910 8 253-60 Journal Article: William Anderson Weymouth, 1841 - 1929 Dalton, P. J. William Anderson Weymouth, 1841 - 1929 1997 Australasian bryological newsletter 36 1-2 Resource: Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Fagg, Murray Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH) 2010