James Cash
James Cash (born February 14, 1839 in Great Sankey , † February 20, 1909 ) was a British botanist ( bryologist ), journalist and zoologist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Cash ".
His main occupation was a journalist for the Manchester Guardian.
With John Hopkinson (and George Herbert Wailes) he wrote a monograph on rootworts (Rhizopoda) and sun animals (Heliozoa) for the Ray Society . He also wrote a book on amateur scientists from poor backgrounds. As a botanist, he worked on mosses (his collection is in the Manchester Museum).
He was president of the Manchester Cryptogamic Society.
Fonts
- Where There's a Will, There's a Way! Or, Science in the Cottage; An Account of the Labors of Naturalists in Humble Life, 1873, reprinted Cambridge University Press 2011
- with John Hopkinson: The British Freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa , Ray Society, 5 volumes, 1905 to 1921 (volumes 3 to 5 with George Herbert Wailes)
References and comments
- ^ Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland and Ray Desmond, Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists, Taylor and Francis and Natural History Museum 1994
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| SURNAME | Cash, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British zoologist and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Great Sankey |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1909 |