Henry John Elwes

Henry John Elwes
Henry John as a young man
Born	(1846-05-16)16 May 1846 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Died	26 November 1922(1922-11-26) (aged 76) England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Eton College
Known for	Galanthus elwesii Eremurus elwesii Genus Lilium
Awards	Victoria Medal
Scientific career
Fields	Botany Entomology Lepidoptery Arboriculture
Institutions	Royal Horticultural Society

Henry John Elwes, FRS (16 May 1846 – 26 November 1922) was a British botanist, entomologist, author, lepidopterist, collector and traveller who became renowned for collecting specimens of lilies during trips to the Himalaya and Korea. He was one of the first group of 60 people to receive the Victoria Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1897. Author of Monograph of the Genus Lilium (1880), and The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland (1906–1913) with Augustine Henry, as well as numerous articles, he left a collection of 30,000 butterfly specimens to the Natural History Museum, including 11,370 specimens of Palaearctic butterflies.^[1]