Richard Thomas Lowe | |
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| Born | 1802 |
| Died | 1874 Isles of Scilly |
| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | botany, ichthyology, malacology |
Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) was an English 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.[1] 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 Isles of Scilly.
Taxa
Lowe named and described numerous molluscan taxa, including:
- Caseolus, a land snail genus and eight species within it
- Lemniscia, a land snail genus and two species within it
See also
- Category:Taxa named by Richard Thomas Lowe
References
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Notes
- ↑ "Lowe, Richard Thomas (LW821RT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. Lowe.
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