Clifton, George (1823-1913)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
George
Last name
Clifton
Initials
G.
Life Dates
1823 - 1913
Collecting Dates
1851 - 1864
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae
Organisation(s)
BM, K, KIEL, TCD
Countries
Australasia: Australia
Associate(s)
Harvey, William Henry (1811-1866)
Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1817-1911)
Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von (1825-1896) (specimens to)
Biography
George Clifton was one of the collectors for J.D. Hooker (1817-1911) in Australia. Born in England, he was a prison officer who had served in the Royal Navy and emigrated to Western Australia in 1851. For a brief period he was a police inspector at Fremantle. In 1864 he returned returned to England becoming governor of Portland prison and then, later, of Dartmoor. Clifton corresponded with F.J.H. von Mueller (1825-1896) and donated plants to the Melbourne Botanic Garden. He sent algal material to W.H. Harvey who dedicated the first volume of Phycologica Australica to Clifton and commemorated his name with the red alga Cliftonaea Harv. Algal material sent to J.D. Hooker at K (1857-1862) was subsequently transferred to BM (c. 1961) under the Morton Agreement.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 124; Holmgren, P., Holmgren, N.H. & Barnett, L.C., Index Herb., ed. 8 (1990): 186; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 15; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 131;
Clifton, George (1823-1913)
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