George James Allman

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George James Allman

George James Allman (* 1812 in Cork , Ireland , † November 24, 1898 in Ardmore, Parkstone , Dorset ) was an Irish biologist and university professor . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " GJAllman ".

Life

Allman attended the Royal Academical Institution in Belfast . For a while he studied law, but gave it up in favor of studying natural history . In 1843 he received his medical doctorate in Dublin . In 1844 he became professor of botany at the University of Dublin ; his predecessor there William Allman (1776-1846) had the same surname as him. About twelve years later he became Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh . In 1870 he took early retirement for health reasons, which he spent in Dorsetshire ; henceforth he devoted himself to horticulture , his greatest hobby.

In 1854 Allman was elected as a member (" Fellow ") in the Royal Society , which in 1873 awarded him the Royal Medal . In 1856 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . In 1896 he was awarded the Linné Medal of the Linnean Society of London . For several years he was President of the Linnaean Society.

Works

Allman published numerous works. His most important work is his monograph on hydroids , published from 1871 to 1872 . Allman himself enriched this very detailed work with valuable drawings from his own hand.

literature

  • Dale R. Calder: George James Allman (1812-1898): Pioneer in research on Cnidaria and freshwater Bryozoa. In: Zootaxa. 4020, No. 2, 2015, pp. 201–243 (PDF, biotaxa.org ).
  • Albert Frederick Pollard:  Allman, George James . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Suppl. 1, Volume 1:  Abbott-Childers. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1901, pp. 40 - 41 (English).
  • AF Pollard: Allman, George James (1812-1898). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004 rev. Peter Osborne, not seen.
  • Allman, George James . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 1 : A-Androphagi . London 1910, p. 698 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
  • Allman, George James . In: John Archibald Venn (Ed.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 2: From 1752 to 1900 , Volume 1 : Abbey – Challis . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1940, pp. 43 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Wikisource: Works by George James Allman  - sources and full texts (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dale R. Calder: George James Allman (1812–1898): Pioneer in research on Cnidaria and freshwater Bryozoa. 2015, p. 203: a stated birthday of 24 November on some online sites, identical to the day and month of his death in 1898, is regarded as doubtful.
  2. ^ Entry on Allman, George James (1812–1898) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
  3. ↑ shaper RSE Fellows 1783-2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Allman, George James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish botanist
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Cork , Ireland
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1898
Place of death Ardmore, Parkstone , Dorset