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Edith Cole

English botanical collector (1859-1940)
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Summary

Edith Cole was born on 1859[1]. She died on 1940[2]. She worked as a botanical collector[3]. She is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[4]

Key Facts

  • Sex or gender: female[5]
  • Family name: Cole[6]
  • Given name: Edith[7]
  • Work location: British Somaliland[8], Kenya[9], Ethiopia[10]
  • Described by source: Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturalists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers[11]
  • Significant person: Louisa Jane Forbes Lort-Phillips[12], Gerald Percy Vivian Aylmer[13]
  • Collection items at: Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew[14], Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin[15], Muséum national d'histoire naturelle[16], Harvard University Herbaria[17], California Academy of Sciences herbarium[18]

FAQs

What did Edith Cole do for work?

Edith Cole worked as a botanical collector[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . A List of the Collectors Whose Plants Are in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to 31st December, 1899. Retrieved . plants.jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wiki256.pl. Retrieved . wiki256.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . plants.jstor.org. Retrieved . plants.jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . plants.jstor.org. Retrieved . plants.jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wiki256.pl. Retrieved . wiki256.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . plants.jstor.org. Retrieved . plants.jstor.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturalists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Bionomia. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bionomia. bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Ambrosia10 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bionomia id → Edith Cole
    Described by source → Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturalists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers
    Collection items at → Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle +2
    Imported from → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harvard index of botanists id: 35379, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/65513788|Edith Cole (#65513788)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2099|Harvard Index "
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