Benjamin Carrington
Benjamin Carrington FRSE FLS MRCS (18 January 1827 – 18 January 1893) was a leading British botanist and taxonomist in the late 19th century. He was a specialist in bryophytes, cryptogams, fungi and lichens, and wrote extensively on these subjects.[1]
Life
He was born on 18 January 1827 in Lincoln, England. He went to Edinburgh University to study medicine and graduated MD in 1851. He worked as a General Practitioner variously in Radcliffe (near Manchester), Lincoln, Yeadon, Southport and Eccles, but he is remembered for his contributions to botany as an amateur collector and author.
In 1861 he was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society and he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1874, his proposers including Joseph Lister.
He died on his 66th birthday in Brighton[2] on 18 January 1893. He is buried in Carlton Hill Cemetery in Brighton.[3]
Artistic recognition
His portrait is held by Manchester University.[4]
Other positions held
- President of the Manchester Cryptogamic Society
Publications
- The Cryptogams (1862)[5]
- Gleanings Amongst the Irish Cryptogams (1863)[6]
- Notes on the Cyperaceae (1863)[7]
References
- ^ http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=1666
- ^ http://herbariaunited.org/wiki/Benjamin_Carrington
- ^ https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
- ^ http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb2875-bal.txt
- ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6bojAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA275&lpg=PA275&dq=benjamin+carrington+botanist&source=bl&ots=gqYT6qEa1k&sig=rQpSFXOvV2xI0-RQr9TxKLuLZCA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBWoVChMIu8GKyprJxwIVBo7bCh2YNwGE#v=onepage&q=benjamin%20carrington%20botanist&f=false
- ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Gleanings_Among_the_Irish_Cryptogams.html?id=wB_-tgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
- ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Notes_on_the_Cyperaceae.html?id=Wz82HAAACAAJ&hl=en
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Carrington.
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