Samuel Goodenough

Samuel Goodenough (born April 29th ^July / 10th May 1743 ^greg. In Kimpton near Weyhill , † August 12, 1827 in Worthing ) was a British botanist and Bishop of Carlisle . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Gooden. "

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Goodenough was the son of a clergyman (principal of Broughton Poggs, Oxfordshire) and attended school in Witney and Westminster School . He became King's Scholar and studied at Christ Church College, Oxford University with a bachelor's degree in 1764, a Magister Artium in 1764 and a doctorate in civil law (DCL, Doctor of Civil Law) in 1772. From 1766 he was a teacher (Under-Master ) at Westminster School, but then turned to a career in the Church in 1770. He had inherited Broughton parish from his father and was appointed Vicariate of Brize-Norton, Oxfordshire by Christ Church College. In 1770 he married Elizabeth Ford and in 1772 founded his own private school in Ealing , which was very successful and had many sons of high-ranking people as students. He had a good reputation in humanistic subjects. In 1797 he became Vicar in Cropredy and in 1798 Canon of Windsor. In 1802 he became Dean of Rochester , which was furthered by his friendship with the Duke of Portland, whose sons had been his students. Thanks to the Duke's intercession, he became Bishop of Carlisle in 1808.

He is buried in Westminster Abbey . His wife died a few weeks before him, and he had three sons, all clergy, and four daughters.

Goodenough had a strong interest in botany. In 1787 he was one of the founders and treasurers of the Linnean Society of London . In their Transactions he published a treatise on the genus of sedges (Carex). He was also Vice President of the Society under James Edward Smith . In 1789 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society , in which he also became Vice President (with Joseph Banks as President). He was also active in the Society of Antiquaries.

He began a dictionary of all botanical names with their derivatives (Botanica Metrica), but this was not completed. Goodenough published three sermons.

Honors

The on songbirds scoring Rotstirn Snaps ( Petroica goodenovii ) was dedicated to him. The plant genera Goodenia Sm. And Neogoodenia C.A. Gardner & ASGeorge from the Goodeniaceae family were named after him.

literature

Benjamin Daydon Jackson: Goodenough, Samuel . In: Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (Eds.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 22: Glover - Gravet. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1890, pp. 124 - 125 (English).
James H. Price: Goodenough, Samuel. 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

Individual evidence

↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

personal data
SURNAME	Goodenough, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British botanist, educator and clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH	May 10, 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kimpton at Weyhill
DATE OF DEATH	August 12, 1827
Place of death	Worthing

[Burkhardt2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]