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Cecil, Evelyn, Mrs., 1865-1941

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Personal name headingCecil, Evelyn, Mrs., 1865-1941
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Variant(s)Amherst, Alicia, 1865-1941
Cecil, Alicia-Margaret, Baroness Rockley, 1865-1941
Cecil, Evelyn, Mrs., d. 1941
Cecil, Evelyn, Mrs., -1941
Rockley, Alicia-Margaret Cecil, Baroness, 1865-1941
Associated countryEngland
Birth date1865-07-30
Death date1941-09-14
Place of birthPoole (Dorset, England)
Place of deathPoole (Dorset, England)
Field of activityGardening
Profession or occupationHorticulturists
Found inLondon parks and gardens, 1907: title page (the HONble. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil (Alicia Amherst)) preface, page vi (Alicia M.Cecil)
Substance and shadow, 1912: title page (by the Honble. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil)
A history of gardening in England. Second edition, 1896: title page (by the Hon. Alicia Amherst)
A history of gardening in England. Third and enlarged edition, 1910: title page (by the Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil (The Hon. Alicia Amherst))
LC in RLIN, September 4, 1985 (hdg.: Rockley, Alicia Margaret (Tyssen-Amherst) Cecil, Baroness, died 1941)
Who was who, 1941/50 (Rockley, the Dowager Baroness (Alicia-Margaret); husband's first name Evelyn; died September 14, 1941)
Garden history, volume 39, number 2, 2011 : page 284 (Alicia Amherst (1865-1941) wrote under names Alicia M. T. Amherst, Alicia M. Cecil, Hon. Mrs Evelyn Cecil, Lady Rockley; wife of a Tory minister)
Taxonomic literature. Second edition, 1976-1988 (Lady Alicia Margaret Rockley, formerly Cecil, née Amherst; British botanical author)
English Wikipedia, viewed June 21, 2019 (Alicia Amherst; Alicia Margaret Tyssen Amherst; born July 30, 1865, in Poole (Dorset); died September 14, 1941, in Poole; English horticulturist, botanist, and author of the first scholarly account of English gardening history; married Evelyn Cecil in 1898; her husband was raised to the peerage in 1934 as the 1st Baron Rockley)