Image by dimitrisvetsikas1969 on Pixabay · Pixabay License
Thomas Horsfield
Sign in to saveAlso known as Horsf., Horsfield, Horsfield, T
U.S. naturalist and physician (1773-1859)
OverviewAI-generated
Thomas Horsfield was an American-born zoologist, ornithologist, botanist, and curator. Born in Philadelphia in 1773, he later became a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He died in London in 1859. His professional work focused on zoology and botany, and he was recognized in the Royal Society collection.
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. He received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society. His notable works include *Essay on the cultivation and manufacture of tea, in Java*, *Plantæ javanicæ rariores*, and *Zoological researches in Java, and the neighbouring islands*.
His collection items are held at the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, the University of Graz, the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and the National Herbarium of Victoria. He was described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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
via Open Library + Wikidata
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- botanical collector
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- botany
- Image
- ThomasHorsfield.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- member of
- Royal Entomological Society
- Commons category
- Thomas Horsfield
- date of birth
- 1773-05-12
- date of death
- 1859-07-24
- name in native language
- Thomas Horsfield
- P6944
- Thomas Horsfield
- collection items at
- Natural History Museum
- P8168
- Eddie Calvo
- Commons Creator page
- Thomas Horsfield
via Wikidata · CC0