James de Carle Sowerby
James de Carle Sowerby (born June 5, 1787 in London , † August 26, 1871 in Kilburn ) was an English scientist and artist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " JCSowerby ".
Live and act
Sowerby was the eldest son of the scientist and miniature painter James Sowerby and his wife Anne de Carle. The zoologist George Brettingham Sowerby I was his younger brother. On September 25, 1813, Sowerby married Mary Edwards. With her he had eight children, including George Brettingham, the younger.
He continued and revised the works “Colored figures of English fungi or mushrooms” and “English Botany” started by his father . In 1838, Sowerby and his cousin Philip Barnes founded the Royal Botanical Garden near Regent's Park . He was appointed its first secretary and held this office until 1869. Society soon discovered these gardens to stroll through and that is why the Gardener's Gazette referred to this facility - much to Sowerby's displeasure - as Royal Botanical Humbug .
In 1861 Sowerby sold the "Sowerby Collection", which his father, James Sowerby, had started, to the British Museum . James de Carle Sowerby died on August 26, 1871 at his home in Kilburn at the age of 84.
Works
- Grasses of Great Britain , Baines, London, 1882
- Useful plants of Great Britain , Baines, London, 1862
literature
- RJ Cleevely: A provisional bibliography of natural history works by the Sowerby family. In: Journal of the society of the bibliography of natural history 6. 1971, pp. 482-559
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for James de Carle Sowerby at the IPNI
- Digitized works by Sowerby - SICD of the Universities of Strasbourg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sowerby, James de Carle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English scientist and artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1871 |
| Place of death | Kilburn |