John Sims (botanist)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Sims - painting by Charles Robert Leslie

John Sims (born October 13, 1749 in Canterbury , † February 26, 1831 in Dorking ) was an English doctor and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Sims ".

Life

Sims was the son of the doctor Robert Courthope Sims (1720-1812) and his wife Rebecca nee Tritton (1723-1781). His father was a member of the Society of Friends and published An Essay on the Nature and Constitution of Man  .

He attended Quaker School in Burford, Oxfordshire, and was also tutored by his father. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University and received his PhD in 1774. The topic of his dissertation was De usu aquæ frigidæ interno.

In 1766 he moved to London and worked as a doctor at the Surrey dispensary . He acquired a gynecological practice in 1779 and was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians . In 1780 he took up a position as a doctor and obstetrician at the Charity for Delivering Poor Married Women at their own Houses foundation . In 1817 he was added to the birth of a son of Charlotte Augusta of Wales ; Mother and child died.

After the death of the founder William Curtis , John Sims was editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1801–1826, Vol. XIV – XLII) and edited the Annals of Botany (1805–1806) together with Charles Konig

He was a founding member of the Linnean Society . In March 1814 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society .

Prominent deceased in The Times March 2, 1831

In 1825 he gave up his professional activity and retired to Dorking , Surrey, where he also died. He was born Christie (1765–1835) with his wife Ann and his only son, Rev. Dr. Courthope Sims MD MB (1795-1833) buried in Fittleworth , Sussex.

His botanical writings contain a description of the influence of moisture on Mesembryanthemum species in the Medical and Physical Journal (Vol. II, 1799) and a description of Amomum exscapum (today Aframomum exscapum ) in the Annals of Botany (Vol. I).

His herbarium was acquired by George Bentham and later moved to the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) .

Honors

The genus name Simsia from the silver tree family (Proteaceae) was chosen by Robert Brown in his honor.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Courthope Sims: An Essay on the Nature and Constitution of Man . James Phillips, London 1793, p. 108 (accessed May 22, 2016).
  2. ^ A b c George Simonds Boulger:  Sims, John . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 52:  Shearman - Smirke. MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1897, pp 281 - 282 (English).
  3. ↑ Franco Crainz, John Dewhurst: Dr John Sims-A mystery Solved . In: International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology . 112, No. 7, 2005, pp. 849-850. doi : 10.1111 / j.1471-0528.2005.00566.x .
  4. ^ John Sims, 1749-1831 . Darwin Project. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 3, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.darwinproject.ac.uk
  5. ^ Library and Archive Catalog . The Royal Society. Accessed on October 18, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www2.royalsociety.org  
  6. ↑ His will mentions his wife Ann, son Courthope, and daughters Clara, Caroline, Eglantine, and Ann.
  7. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Sims, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English doctor and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1749
PLACE OF BIRTH Canterbury
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1831
Place of death Dorking, Surrey