Dawson Turner ( English Dawson Turner ; 1775 - 1858 ) - English banker and nerd .
| Dawson Turner | |
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| English Dawson turner | |
| Date of Birth | October 18, 1775 |
| Place of Birth | Great Yarmouth |
| Date of death | June 20, 1858 (82 years old) |
| Place of death | London |
| A country | |
| Scientific field | botany |
| Alma mater | |
| Awards and prizes | member of the Royal Society of London |
| Taxonomy of wildlife | |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " Turner " . List of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website The abbreviation Turn is sometimes used . " |
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Biography
Dawson Turner was born on October 18, 1775 in the family of banker James Turner and daughter of the mayor of Great Yarmouth, Elizabeth Kotman. He studied at a school in North Walsham , in 1793 he entered the Pembroke College of Cambridge University . Since 1796 he worked in his father’s bank. In the same year, Dawson married Mary Palgrave. They had 11 children, one of their daughters, Maria Dawson Turner, married the botanist W.J. Hooker .
In 1797, Turner was elected a member of the Linnaeus Society of London , in 1802 joined the Royal Society of London . In 1812, artist John Cell Kotman settled in Yarmouth, who later became a friend of Dawson. He also taught Turner and his children how to draw. In 1816, Dawson became a foreign member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences .
Since 1850, Turner lived in London . He died on June 20, 1858 in the Old Bromton area. Ten days before his death, his friend, a nerd, named Robert Brown after the Turner genus Dawsonia , died in honor of Turner.
The vast herbarium of algae collected by Turner is stored with Hooker's Herbarium at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens (K). Turner's library, numbering 8 thousand books, was sold at auctions in 1853 and 1859.
Some scientific papers
- Turner, D. (1802). A synopsis of the British fuci . 2 vols., 400 p.
- Turner, D. (1804). Muscologiae hibernicae spicilegium . 200 p., 16 pl. ( JC Sowerby )
- Turner, D .; Dillwyn, LW ; Dalton, J. (1805). The botanist's guide through England and Wales . 2 vols., 804 p.
- Turner, D. (1807-1819). Fuci . 4 vols., 258 pl.
- Turner, D .; Borrer, W. (1839). Specimen of a lichenographia britannica . 240 p.
Births Named After D. Turner
- Dawsonia R. Br. , 1811
- Dawsonia P. Beauv . ex JVLamour. , 1824, nom. rej. [ syn. Cryptopleura Kütz. , 1843, nom. cons. ]
- Turnerella F. Schmitz , 1896
Literature
- Boulger, GS Turner, Dawson // Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885-1900. - Vol. 57. - P. 334-335.
- Stafleu FA , Cowan RS Taxonomic Literature : [ eng. ] . - Ed. 2. - Utrecht, Antwerpen, The Hague, Boston, 1986. - Vol. VI: Sti — Vuy. - P. 544-546. - 926 p. - ISBN 90-313-0714-9 . - DOI : 10.5962 / bhl.title.48631 .