Ellen Ann Willmott was an English horticulturist. She was an influential member of the Royal Horticultural Society, and a recipient of the first Victoria Medal of Honour, awarded to British horticulturists living in the UK by the society, in 1897. Willmott was said to have cultivated more than 100,000 species and cultivars of plants and sponsored expeditions to discover new species. Inherited wealth allowed Willmott to buy large gardens in France and Italy to add to the garden at her home, Warley Place in Essex. More than 60 plants have been named after her or her home, Warley Place.
Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (died 1934)
On August 19, in the year 1858, Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (died 1934). This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of August 19, one of 403 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on August 19, 1858 (AD era).
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