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George Sherriffs
George Sherriffs
George is responsible for sourcing and acquiring new materials (books and non-book materials) for the RBGE Library. He also leads on the cataloguing of the Library collections, including the retrospective cataloguing of the historical collections.…
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Dr Siôn Parkinson
Dr Siôn Parkinson
AHRC Early Career Research Fellow Siôn Parkinson is a visual artist, composer, performer, and writer investigating our sensory relationship with the more-than-human world, especially fungi. Siôn joined RBGE in January 2024 as…
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Dr Heleen Plaisier
Dr Heleen Plaisier
I manage the Cryptogamic Section of the Herbarium. This involves the curation of the Cryptogam collections, processing new accessions, supporting loans and destructive sampling, and providing support for users of the Cryptogam collections.
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Marie Briggs, Assistant Herbarium Curator
Marie Briggs, Assistant Herbarium Curator
I curate specimens in the herbarium, maintaining and improving the current collections and incorporating new accessions with the aim of supporting RBGE’s world class scientific research. I have a particular interest in the flora of SE Asia and New…
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Jane Corrie
Jane Corrie
My major research interest is in the intellectual history of the 18th century – particularly as it manifested in Scotland and within Scotland - Edinburgh. The important role of the RBGE in this story is being steadily revealed as a result of…
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Briggitthe Melchor Castro
Briggitthe Melchor Castro
I am a Peruvian botanist and researcher with MSc in Plant Systematics from Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santa in Brazil and BSc in Biological Sciences-Botany from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru, where my studies focused on…
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Dr Michael Sundue
Dr Michael Sundue
I specialize in the systematics, evolution, and ecology of ferns and lycophytes, with a research focus spanning both the Neotropics and tropical Asia. I integrate fieldwork, taxonomy, molecular phylogenetics, and paleobotany to understand patterns…
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Visiting RBGE Library
Visiting the Library
Access is by appointment only - please see the Opening Hours page to find out more. Books and other items from the collections will be retrieved for you by Library staff and made available for consultation in the Reading Room where visitors…
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Regulations - Library and Archives
General Library Regulations
The Library and Archives of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) are national reference collections and, as such, are open to all. Access to the collections is on the understanding that you agree to abide by our regulations which are essential…
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Fragrance in the Fungarium
Fragrance in the Fungarium
How can we use odours to identify mushrooms? What can illustrations and descriptions of fungal odours in old books — and the odours of the books themselves — tell us about pasts smells? And how can artists offer a cultural context to mycological…