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Peter D. A. Boyd
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The following is a list of the major changes to this website with the most recent changes shown first:
3rd May 2016 Update of Home Page, Career , Publications , Botany, Plants and Garden History , Charles Darwin and Darwin Country , Scots Roses and other Pimpinellifolias , update information on Peter D. A. Boyd's forthcoming book 'Scots Roses, Rosa spinosissima and other Pimpinellifolias' , addition of pages on Education and training and Conferences , addition of papers on Rosa spinosissima - aspects of its natural history and associations with people , 'Scots Roses' and the French Connection , The First Scots Roses in Australia ,The Prince and the Pimpinell Rose and Scots Roses and related cultivars of Rosa spinosissima - a review .
30th March 2012 Update of Home Page, Publications , Botany, Plants and Garden History , Scots Roses and other Pimpinellifolias and of information on Peter D. A. Boyd's forthcoming book 'Scots Roses, Rosa spinosissima and other Pimpinellifolias' .
28th April 2011 Site update and addition of full text of article on The Young Charles Darwin
27th April 2011 Site update and addition of information on Peter D. A. Boyd's forthcoming book 'Scots Roses, Rosa spinosissima and other Pimpinellifolias'
26th April 2011 Revision of Home Page, Career, addition of second part of paper to Towton Roses: fact and fable
19th December 2010 Site update and addition of paper on Towton Roses: fact and fable (part1)
1st August 2010 Site update and addition of paper on The Towton Rose
15th March 2010 Site update and addition of papers on The Young Charles Darwin , The World Heritage of Scots Roses , History of Shrewsbury Museums and link to video of lecture by Peter Boyd on The Young Charles Darwin [external website].
6th June 2009 Site update, addition of Biographies and articles for Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edition:
Henry Honywood D'Ombrain (1818-1905), Church of England clergyman and gardener.
Charles M'Intosh (1794-1864), horticulturist.
15th January 2009 Update of Publications , Botany, Plants and Garden History and Scots Roses and other Pimpinellifolias .
26th November 2008 Update of Publications .
14th September 2008 Site update and addition of article for Rosa Mundi journal of the Heritage Rose Foundation: Rosa spinosissima, Scots Roses and the North American connection
4th August 2008 Update of Publications , Botany, Plants and Garden History and Scots Roses and other Pimpinellifolias .
23rd July 2008 Update of Home Page, Publications and Scots Roses and other Pimpinellifolias .
14th July 2008 Update of Publications .
23rd April 2008 Site update and addition of article for OGR & Shrub Journal of the American Rose Society: Scots Roses - past and present
22nd April 2008 Update of Home Page, Publications etc.
18th April 2008 Update of Publications etc.
29th March 2008 Update of Home Page.
9th March 2008 Site update and addition of the full text of:-
Victorian Fern Cult in South-west Britain: Victorian Fern Cult
15th September 2007 Site update and addition of article for The Scottish Garden magazine Ferns and Pteridomania in Victorian Scotland
22nd June 2007 Site update and addition of paper for The Plantsman (RHS) Scots Roses then and now
19th June 2007 Site update and addition of Summary of presentation to International Heritage Roses Conference at Chaalis, France June 2007 published in Rosa Gallica Scots Roses and other Pimpinellifolias: their rediscovery and conservation
18th June 2007 Updated Home Page , Publications and Scots Roses and other Pimpinellifolias .
14th December 2006 Site update and additional note and links at end of paper published in 2002 for Darwin Day Program on 'Shrewsbury, Shropshire: Birthplace of Charles Darwin and Darwin Country'. Charles Darwin and Shrewsbury
10th November 2006 Site update and addition of:-
Paper for NCCPG Shropshire Group Newsletter 'The Darwin Family and their Plants at The Mount in Shrewsbury' Darwin Family Plants at The Mount
31st October 2006 Updated Publications , Botany, Plants and Garden History and Charles Darwin and Darwin Country
18th October 2006 Site update and addition of:-
16th October 2006 Updated Home Page , Publications and Scots Roses and other Pimpinellifolias .
28th August 2006 Site update and addition of the link to other papers on Scots Roses and other Pimpinellifolias to appropriate pages.
19th August 2006 Site update and addition of:-
Paper for Roses et Roseraies on 'Rosiers Pimprenelles, Pimpinellifolias ou Scots Roses':-
Rosiers Pimprenelles, Pimpinellifolias ou Scots Roses (Version française)
Rosiers Pimprenelles, Pimpinellifolias or Scots Roses (English version)
4th August 2006 Revised Home Page with addition of pages listing some of Peter Boyd's publications on particular subjects - with links to web versions where available:-
3rd August 2006 Revised Home Page with addition of pages listing some of Peter Boyd's publications on particular subjects - with links to web versions where available:-
Charles Darwin and Darwin Country
13th July 2006 Updated Publications
3rd July 2006 Updated entries to Publications
3rd February 2006 Site update and addition of:-
Paper for Rosenjahrbuch 2005 on 'A Personal Crusade in Search of Scots Roses' / 'Ein persönlicher Kreuzzug auf der Suche nach Dünenrosen'. Scots Roses in Rosenjahrbuch 2005
Paper for PlantNetwork Newsletter on 'In Search of lost Scots Roses'. Lost Scots Roses
21st December 2005 Updated entries to Publications
5th December 2005 Site update and additional entries to Publications
1st September 2005 Site update and additional entries to Publications
1st December 2004 Site update and addition of:-
Paper for NCCPG Shropshire Branch Autumn Newsletter 2004 on 'Scots Roses in Europe and the Europa-Rosarium at Sangerhausen in Germany' Scots Roses in Europe
14th November 2004 Site update and addition of:-
Paper for the RNRS Historic Rose Journal on 'Mary McMurtrie, painter of Scots Roses' Mary McMurtrie 1902-2003
Paper for the RNRS Historic Rose Journal on 'Scots Roses: a new look at an exuberant group of old roses' Scots Roses 3
20th September 2004 Site update and additional entry to Publications
27th March 2003 Site update and addition of:-
Paper for NCCPG Shropshire Branch Spring Newsletter 2003 on 'Scots Roses, Scotch Roses, Burnet Roses - by any other name would smell as sweet!' Scots Roses 2
16th November 2002 Site update and addition of:-
Paper for Darwin Day Program on 'Shrewsbury, Shropshire: Birthplace of Charles Darwin and Darwin Country'. Charles Darwin and Shrewsbury
Abstract of paper on 'ShrewD Access' for 'Joined-up users' for mda 2002 Conference 'Common Threads' . ShrewD Access for Joined-up Users
Paper for Vine on 'Multi-disciplinary Content Management in Darwin Country'. Multi-disciplinary Content Management in Darwin Country
4th May 2002 Site update and addition of:-
Paper for Spectra on website creation and content management in 'Darwin Country': Spectra paper on content management
1st May 2002 Site update and additional entry to Publications
14th April 2002 Site update and addition of:-
LITC/LAMIT Conference presentation on Content Management in Darwin Country: Website Content Management
18th March 2002 Site update and addition of:-
Scots Roses - cultivars of Rosa pimpinellifolia: Scots Roses
25th February 2002 Addition of photograph of Humphrey Welch to:-
Humphrey J. Welch (conifer expert) obituary: Humphrey J. Welch 1908-2001
12th February 2002 Addition of photograph of Peter Boyd to:-
Career: Career
27th January 2002 Site update and addition of:-
Humphrey J. Welch (conifer expert) obituary: Humphrey J. Welch 1908-2001
5th January 2002 Site update and addition of:-
Victorian Fern Cult in South-west Britain: Victorian Fern Cult
Palaeoecology and environmental archaeology in medieval London: Medieval River Fleet
4th January 2002 Site update and addition of:-
Garden History in Darwin Country Website: Garden History in 'Darwin Country'
Sale of Darwin's Garden at The Mount, Shrewsbury: Sale of The Mount 1866
2nd January 2002 Site update and revision of Home Page and ferny antiques article: Pteridomania - the Victorian passion for ferns
MDA 2000 Conference paper: 'Darwin Country - Cradle of Science, Technology and the Better Life!' - a case study
30th December 2001 Site update and addition of:-
British Pteridological Society article: North Devon Field Meeting 1992
AGI Conference 2000 paper: Heritage UK plc - a portal to space and time through web GIS
Darwin's Garden at The Mount, Shrewsbury article: Darwin Garden Project
Shropshire plants article: A register of Shropshire-related cultivated plants
Ferny antiques article: Pteridomania - the Victorian passion for ferns
22nd December 2001 Update of 'Home Page' and 'Published Contributions' and 'Career'
Career: Career