Thomas Thomson (botanist)
Thomas Thomson (born December 4, 1817 in Glasgow , † April 18, 1878 in London ) was a British botanist and chemist. He was the son of the chemist Thomas Thomson . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Thomson ".
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Thomson received his doctorate in medicine (MD) in Glasgow in 1839 and was with Justus von Liebig in Giessen that same year . He was a chemistry professor and doctor with the British East India Company before becoming a botanist. From 1854 to 1861 he was professor of botany at the University of Calcutta. He helped his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker write the first volume of Flora Indica .
From 1855 to 1861 he was director of the Calcutta Botanical Garden . In 1853 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
Honor taxon
The paleobotanical plant genus Thomasonia Wall was named in his honor . named.
Works
- Western Himalaya and Tibet , 1852
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- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 15th edition, corrected reprint of the 14th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-8001-5072-7 .
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Thomas Thomson (botanist) at the IPNI
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomson, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English botanist and chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 4, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1878 |
| Place of death | London |