William Dallimore (31 March 1871 – 7 November 1959) was an English botanist who published a Handbook of Coniferae and who played an important role in the start and development of Bedgebury Pinetum.
[2][3] He started working in the arboretum, and was appointed propagator in 1892 and assistant curator (at that time called foreman) in 1896.
An important characteristic of the Handbook is that it deals with conifers from the point of view of a gardener, forester and student, rather than a botanist.
Dallimore played a very important part in starting and developing the National Pinetum at Bedgebury in Kent, a joint undertaking of Kew and the Forestry Commission.
On his retirement from Kew in 1936, he moved to Kent, and continued to supervise the work at Bedgebury Pinetum, almost to the time of his death.