Frederick Stimpson Salisbury, a British classical scholar
and teacher, studied at Christ's College, University of Cambridge, where he
graduated as Master of Arts (MA). He taught at Kings College School, Worcester,
and Manchester Grammar School. Being particularly interested in classical
numismatics, he later assisted the British Museum with the study of Roman coins
found at Richborough, Kent. Another of his interests was natural history,
particularly botany, and during a stay in Australia from 1910 to 1912 he
collected plants which he sent to Britain.
Salisbury came to South Africa in 1912 and taught at
Kingswood (Wesleyan) College, Grahamstown, until he left the country in 1915.
He collected plants mainly in the Albany Division of the Cape Province and in
1913 presented specimens to the herbarium of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown. He
seems to have had a particular interest in introduced plants, as he wrote the
following articles during and after his stay: 'List of Grahamstown weeds' (Agricultural Journal of the Union of South
Africa, 1913, Vol. 6, pp. 508-510, and 1914, Vol. 7, pp. 77-82) and 'Naturalised
plants of Albany and Bathurst' (Records
of the Albany Museum, 1919, Vol. 3(3), pp. 162-177).
While in South Africa Salisbury applied his knowledge of
classical numismatics by compiling a Guide
to the Greek and Roman coins in the Albany Museum, Grahamstown
(Grahamstown, 1915, 45 pp.) He also wrote Rambles
in the Vaudese Alps (New York, 1916).
