Thomas Tofield

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Thomas Tofield (born December 18, 1730 in Wilsic Hall near Doncaster , † 1779 ) was an English botanist and hydraulic engineer .

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After studying in Cambridge , he returned home and studied the local flora intensively. In this context he got in touch with William Hudson , who was working on a British flora ( Flora Anglica (1762)) in the 1750s , which was already based on the nomenclature of Carl von Linné . The second edition of the Flora (1778) also contained many data from Tofield. However, his actual job was a hydraulic engineer.

Honors

The genus Tofieldia ( corn lilies ) from the Tofieldiaceae family was named after him.

Individual evidence

  1. 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 .