The Folk-Lore of Plants (Esprios Classics)

The Reverend Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer MA Oxon (25 July 1848 - 14 July 1923) was a son of William George Thiselton-Dyer physician and of Catherine Jane née Firminger. He was educated at King's College School and at Pembroke College Oxford. He was successively curate of St John's Church Fitzroy Square curate of Holy Trinity Church Kilburn vicar of St Paul's Church Penzance secretary of the South American Missionary Society and rector of Bayfield Holt Norfolk. He was an English writer of popular non-fiction books including British Customs: Past and Present The Folk-lore of Plants and perhaps most famously Strange Pages from Family Papers which was considered a masterpiece of popular historical writing.