Richard Thomas Lowe

Richard Thomas Lowe
Born	1802
Died	1874 Scilly Isles
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge
Scientific career
Fields	botany, ichthyology, malacology

Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) was a British scientist, a botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist, and a clergyman. In 1825 he graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, and in the same year he took holy orders. In 1832 he became a clergyman in the Madeira Islands, where he was also a part-time naturalist, extensively studying the local flora and fauna. He wrote a book on the Madeiran flora. He died in 1874 when the ship he was on was wrecked off the Scilly Isles.

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

References

• "Lowe, Richard Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.