Thomas Brown (naturalist)
Thomas Brown (* 1785 in Perth (Scotland) , † October 8, 1862 in Manchester ) was a British naturalist ( ornithologist and malacologist ).
Brown went to school in Edinburgh and then went to the military militia (Forfar and Kincardine Militia), in which he rose to captain in 1811 (therefore usually quoted Captain Thomas Brown). When he was stationed in Manchester, he came into contact with naturalists and began to illustrate natural history books. After his military service, he made this his main job and wrote and illustrated books on natural history. From 1840 until his death he was a curator at the Manchester Museum .
He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society . In 1818 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
His books also dealt with malacology (Conchology), of both recent and fossil species, and his illustrations of this have also been used in other books (for example in Thomas Wyatt , Manual of Conchology). He illustrated the American Ornithology by Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1831–1835).
The first description of the genus Crenella from the mussel family comes from Thomas Brown (1827).
A sea snail was named after him ( Zebina browniana d'Orbigny, 1842).
Fonts
- Illustrations of conchology of Great Britain and Ireland drawn from nature , Edinburgh 1827
- The book of butterflies, sphinges, and moths: illustrated by ninety-six engravings, colored after nature , 1832
- The taxidermist's manual, or, The art of collecting, preparing and preserving objects of natural history , Glasgow 1833
- The conchologist's text-book, embracing the arrangements of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Linnaeus , with a glossary of technical terms , 1835, 1853, Archive 1835 , Archive 1853 .
- Illustrations Of The Fossil Conchology Of Great Britain And Ireland, With Descriptions And Localities , 1849
- Illustrations of the recent conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water , 1844
- Illustrations of the land and fresh water conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with figures, descriptions, and localities of all the species , 1845
literature
- John Wilfrid Jackson: Biography of Captain Thomas Brown, 1785-1862, a Former Curator of the Manchester Museum, Memoirs & Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, Volume 86, 1944, pp. 3-28
- Gregory Mathews , Tom Iredale : Captain Thomas Brown, ornithologist, The Australian Avian Record, 4, 1921, pp. 176-194
- CD Sherborn: The conchological writings of Captain Thomas Brown, Proc. Malacological Society of London, 6, 1905, pp. 358-360
Individual evidence
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 13, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brown, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British naturalist (ornithologist and malacologist) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1785 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perth (Scotland) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1862 |
| Place of death | Manchester |