Henry Adams (zoologist)
Henry Adams (* 1813 ; † 1877 ) was an English malacologist .
Adams was an architect (like his father) at the Customs Department of the Inland Revenue Office. With his brother Arthur Adams , he published a three-volume monograph on molluscs from 1853 to 1858 with initial descriptions of many new species. In the 19th century it was regarded as a standard work, also in terms of systematics.
He introduced the mussel order Pectinida with his brother .
Fonts
- with Arthur Adams: The genera of recent Mollusca: arranged according to their organization , Vol. I, van Voorst, London 1858 Archive
- with Arthur Adams: The genera of recent Mollusca: arranged according to their organization , Vol. II, van Voorst, London 1858 Archive
- with Arthur Adams: The genera of recent Mollusca: arranged according to their organization , Vol. III Plates, van Voorst, London 1858 Archive
literature
- Eugene Coan, Alan Kabat, Richard Petit: 2400 years of Malacology, American Malacological Society 2011
- H. Crosse, P. Fischer, obituary in J. de Conchyliologie 26, 1878, 109-110
- A. Trew: Henry and Arthur Adams new Molluscan names, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales 1992 (63 pages)
- JC Melvill: British pioneers in recent conchological science. Journal of Conchology, 6, 1890, 220-221, Internet Archive
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| SURNAME | Adams, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English malacologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1813 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1877 |