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James Sowerby

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Also known as Sowerby, J. Sowerby, James Sowerby Sr.

British botanical illustrator and mineralogist (1757-1822)

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Works: 20

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British Mineralogy; or, Coloured Figures Intended to Elucidate the Mineralogy of Great Britain -
Mineral Conchology of Great Britain
Medical Botany ?containing Systematic and General Descriptions, with Plates of All the Medicinal Plants, Comprehended in the Catalogues of the Materia Medica, As Published by the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, Together... ; V
Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms; Volume 2
English Botany

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Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1895-05-01
Active to: 1968-07-07

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Instance of: human
Given name: James
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain
Place of birth: Lambeth
Place of death: London Borough of Lambeth
Occupation: malacologist
Educated at: Royal Academy of Arts
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Field of work: botany
Image: James Sowerby by Heaphy (1816).jpg
Work location: Great Britain
Residence: Great Britain

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described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Commons gallery: James Sowerby
P6944: James Sowerby
Commons category: James Sowerby
date of death: 1822-10-25
date of birth: 1757-03-21
Commons Creator page: James Sowerby
name in native language: James Sowerby
archives at: National Library of Wales
has works in the collection: Yale Center for British Art
writing language: English language
P12749: Ingrid Auerswald
collection items at: Natural History Museum

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to James Sowerby, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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