Thomas Walker Horsfield
Thomas Walker Horsfield (born May 12, 1773 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, † July 14, 1859 in London ) was a British doctor , zoologist and botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Horsf. "
Life
Horsfield was born in Philadelphia in the US state of Pennsylvania in 1773 and studied medicine there . He worked as a doctor in Java for many years . The East India Company took control of this island from the Netherlands , and Horsfield began collecting animals and plants on behalf of his friend Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles . Because of illness he had to leave Java in 1819 and became curator , later curator of the Museum of the East India Company in London .
In 1822 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina , in 1826 Horsfield became Deputy Director of the Zoological Society of London . Since 1829 he was a member of the American Philosophical Society . In German usage, the Horsfield Lark is named after him, which he was the first to describe scientifically.
Works
- An experimental dissertation on the Rhus vernix, Rhus radicans and Rhus glabrum, commonly known in Pennsylvania by the names of poison-ash, poison-vine and common sumach. Cist, Philadelphia 1798.
- Impressions of dried plants from Java. 1812.
- Systematic arrangement and description of birds from the island of Java. 1820.
- The History and antiquities of Lewes and its vicinity. Baxter, Lewes 1824.
- Zoological Researches in Java and the Neighboring Islands. Kingsbury, Parbury & Allen, London 1821-1824.
- A descriptive catalog of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the Honorable East India Company. Parbury & Allen, London 1828/29.
- The history, antiquities and topography of the county of Sussex. Baxter, Lewes 1835.
- Plantae javanicae rariores, descriptae iconibusque illustratae, quas in insula Java, annis 1802–1818. Allen, London 1838-52.
- Essay on the cultivation and manufacture of tea in Java. Cox & sons, London 1841.
- A catalog of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. Allen, London 1857-59.
literature
- John S. Bastin: The geological researches of Dr Thomas Horsfield in Indonesia, 1801-1819 . In: Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) / Historical series 10, 1982, 3, ISSN 0068-2306 , pp. 75-115.
- James B. MacNair: Thomas Horsfield, American naturalist and explorer . In: Torreya. A bimonthly journal of botanical notes and news Vol. 42, 1942, ISSN 0096-3844 , pp. 1-9.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Thomas Walker Horsfield at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Thomas Horsfield. American Philosophical Society, accessed October 3, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Horsfield, Thomas Walker |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British physician, zoologist and botanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1773 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, USA |
DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1859 |
Place of death | London |