William Robert Prince
William Robert Prince (November 6, 1795 in Flushing, New York – March 28, 1869 in Flushing) was a United States horticulture pioneer.
Biography
He was the son of horticulturist
The troubles of the business obligated him to mortgage the Linnaean nurseries, and for a time control of them passed to Gabriel Winter, his brother-in-law. There was a printed dispute with the new owner to which the family attributed the death of his father. Prince eventually regained control of the nurseries.
Just before the American Civil War, he passed control of the nurseries on to his sons. They finally elected not to continue in it, and the nurseries were sold at the end of the war. Spiritualism and the preparation of patent medicines were major occupations of his after he retired from the nursery business.[1]
Works
- History of the Vine, with his father (New York, 1830)
- Pomological Manual, with his father[1] (2 vols., 1832)
- Manual of Roses (1846)
He wrote numerous pamphlets on the
Family
He married Charlotte Goodwin Collins in 1826.[1] They were the parents of New Mexico Territorial governor L. Bradford Prince.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Sudds, R. H. (1935). "Prince, William Robert". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- ^ Sudds, R. H. (1935). "Prince, William". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.