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Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick (1811–1882) View Biographical Record
Article: Thwaitesianus; thwaitesii
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Subject ID: 29553
| Subject Name: | Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick |
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| Article Title: | Thwaitesianus; thwaitesii |
| Publication Primary Author: | Backer, C. A. |
| Call Number: | L15 B126V000 |
| Notes: | Thwaites, G. H. Kendrick; 1811-1882; born Bristol, died Kandy, Ceylon; botanist; originally he studied lower cryptograms; 1847 he discovered diatoms not to be animals but plants; 1849 superintendant of the Peradeniya bot. garden in Ceylon; here he studied higher plants; was employed here till 1880; since 1857 its dir.; contributed meritoriously to the knowledge of the wild Ceylon flora, of vanilla, quinine, tea, and coffee cultures. Plants with the epithet 'thwaitesianus' or 'thwaitesii', were named for him. |