Ernest Henry Wilson black plaque

Solihull, Solihull, England, United Kingdom

Ernest H. Wilson 'Chinese Wilson' 1876-1930 Ernest Wilson was a naturalist and plant collector. He made several expeditions to Western China, collecting seeds and bulbs for nurseries. In total he introduced over 1000 new species into cultivation in the West. Ernest Wilson was born in Chipping Campde

n, Gloucestershire, in 1876. When he was quite young the family moved to Monkspath, Shirley where he attended Shirley School. At the age of 13 he started work at Hewitt's Nurseries in Solihull, which

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