Richard Thomas Lowe
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Richard Thomas Lowe (1802-1874) was a British botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist, and clergyman. In 1825 he graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge and in the same year took holy orders.[1] He became a clergyman in the Madeira Islands in 1832, where he was a part-time naturalist, extensively studying the local flora and fauna. He wrote a book on Madeiran flora. In 1874 he died, when the ship he was on was wrecked off Sicily.
[edit] Taxa
Lowe named and described numerous molluscan taxa, including:
- Caseolus, a land snail genus and 8 species within it
- Lemniscia, a land snail genus and 2 species within it
[edit] References
- ^ Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Richard Thomas Lowe". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.
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