Thomas Gibson Lea

Thomas Gibson Lea
Born(1785-12-14)December 14, 1785
Wilmington, Delaware
DiedSeptember 30, 1844(1844-09-30) (aged 58)
Waynesville, Ohio

Thomas Gibson Lea (December 14, 1785 – September 30, 1844) was an American botanist who was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He was the older brother of the publisher, Isaac Lea and the younger brother of John Lea (1782 – 1862), who is known for his study of a cholera outbreak in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lea was honored alongside Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803 – 1889; an English cryptogamist and clergyman) in the naming of Berkleasmium in 1854, which is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Dematiaceae. Lea also lends his name to the lichen Phaeophyscia leana.

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

References

  1. ↑ James Grant Wilson; John Fiske (1898). Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Grinnell-Lockwood. D. Appleton. pp. 645–.
  2. ↑ Morens, David M. (2013). "Commentary: Cholera conundrums and proto-epidemiologic puzzles. The confusing epidemic world of John Lea and John Snow". International Journal of Epidemiology. 42 (1): 43–52. doi:10.1093/ije/dyt016. PMC 3600629. PMID 23508406.
  3. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. ↑ Hansen, Curtis J.; Lendemer, James C. (6 May 2019). "The First Report of the Rare Lichen Species Phaeophyscia leana (Physciaceae) from Alabama". Evansia. 36 (1). doi:10.1639/0747-9859-36.1.1. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  5. ↑ International Plant Names Index. Lea.