George Brettingham Sowerby II
George Brettingham Sowerby II (born March 25, 1812 in Lambeth , † July 26, 1884 in Wood Green ) was a British naturalist ( malacologist ) and illustrator.
Sowerby came from a family of naturalists who were particularly concerned with illustrated works on molluscs and continued the work of his grandfather James Sowerby and his father George Brettingham Sowerby I , as well as his own son George Brettingham Sowerby III (1843-1921). To distinguish himself from his father, he put an FLS after his name (as a Fellow of the Linnean Society).
In 1844 he became a Fellow of the Linnean Society .
In 1835 he married Margaret Hitchen.
Fonts
- Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Several volumes, from 1842 (with his father George)
- The Conchological Illustrations. 8 volumes, from 1831 (with his father)
- A Conchological Manual. 1839, 4th edition 1852 (with his father)
- Thesaurus Conchyliorum. 1842 to 1887 (with his father and son, with contributions from other scientists)
- Popular British Conchology. 1854
- Foraminifera from the Colne… Essex 1856
- Popular History of the Aquarium. 1857
- Illustrated Index of British Shells. 1859 (2nd edition by his son 1887)
- Conchologia Iconica. (started by Lovell Augustus Reeve ), 1870 to 1878
- Malacostraca Podophthalmata Britanniæ. 1875 (started by William Elford Leach )
He also illustrated Hanley Illustrated Catalogs of recent bivalve shells (1842 to 1856), Forbes, Hanley History of British Mollusca (1848 to 1852), JG Wood Common shells of the sea shore (1865), Jeffrey British Conchology (Vol. 4,5, 1867, 1869).
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| SURNAME | Sowerby II, George Brettingham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British malacologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London Borough of Lambeth |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1884 |
| Place of death | Wood Green |