Richard Thomas Lowe

Richard Lowe
Born1802 (1802)
Died1874 (aged 71–72)
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
EducationChrist's College, Cambridge
Scientific career
Fieldsbotany, ichthyology, malacology
Lowe
Lowe

Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) was an English botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist, and clergyman. In 1825, he graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, and in the same year he took holy orders. 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:

The standard author abbreviation Lowe is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Lowe, Richard Thomas (LW821RT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ↑ International Plant Names Index. Lowe.