Botany and Gardens in Early Modern Ireland

Charles Nelson FLS, VMM, was horticultural taxonomist in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin (1976-1995). His research publications include books and numerous papers relating to the history of Irish horticulture and botany, and he was co-author of 'The brightest jewel' a history of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin (1987). Dr. Emer Lawlor, a Trustee of the Worth Library, is a retired medical practitioner who was awarded an M. Litt. by TCD, in 2016 for her thesis 'Enquiries into vegetables: botanists in Ireland and their sources 1680-1775'. Elizabethanne Boran is the Librarian of the Edward Worth Library. She is the Secretary General of the International Commission for the History of Universities and has published extensively on the history of ideas in the early modern period.