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Thomas Horsfield

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Also known as Horsf., Horsfield, Horsfield, T

U.S. naturalist and physician (1773-1859)

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Thomas Horsfield was born on 12 May 1773 in Philadelphia and died on 24 July 1859 in London, holding citizenship of the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He worked as a curator, zoologist, ornithologist and botanist in the fields of zoology and botany. Horsfield was a member of the Royal Society, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Entomological Society, and was recognised as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Items from his collections are held at the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, the University of Graz, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and the National Herbarium of Victoria.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1773
Died
1859
Works
17

Top works

  • Annulosa javanica, or, An attempt to illustrate the natural affinities and analogies of the insects collected in Java by Thomas Horsfield ...
  • Beknopta beschryving van het Crinum asiaticum
  • Essay on the cultivation and manufacture of tea, in Java
  • Scheikundige ontleding der vruchten van den rarakboom, Sapindus sapoaria van Linnaeus
  • Plantæ javanicæ rariores

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Country
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Thomas
Gender
male
Place of birth
Philadelphia
Place of death
London
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Field of work
botany
Image
ThomasHorsfield.jpg
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Commons category
Thomas Horsfield
date of birth
1773-05-12
date of death
1859-07-24
name in native language
Thomas Horsfield
collection items at
Natural History Museum
Commons Creator page
Thomas Horsfield
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