Arthur Osborn (botanist)
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Arthur Osborn MBE[1] (16 December 1878, Sonning, Berkshire, UK – 24 February 1964, Kew, London) was an English gardener, botanist and arborist.[2]
Arthur's Osborn's father, Brewer Osborn, gained a considerable reputation as a horticulturalist and was a gardener at Holme Park, Sonning from 1870 to 1898.[3][4] In 1899 Arthur Osborn became a gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. At the Kew Arboretum he was appointed an assistant curator and was eventually promoted to deputy curator.[2] He was in charge of the Kew Arboretum during the 1930s. His 1933 book Shrubs and Trees for the Garden showed his "extensive practical experience in arboriculture".[5]
