Biography

British clergyman and naturalist from Rugby, Warwickshire, who trained at Oxford University. He was later Rector of Twycross, Leicestershire and subsequently of Harborough Magna, Warwickshire. As a young man he was offered the position as naturalist on the voyage of HMS Blonde to Hawaii (1824-1825), commanded by Lord G.A. Byron. The main mission of the expedition was to return the bodies of Kamehameha II and his queen, Kamamalu, who had died of measles during a royal visit to England the previous year. Bloxam's primary responsibility was for ornithological observations. He travelled with his elder brother and ship's chaplain Rev. R. Rowland Bloxam and Scottish botanist James Macrae who was collecting plants for the Horticultural Society of London. R.R. Bloxam is also known as a mycologist but was not credited with any collections on the expedition, though it seems unlikely that he would not have assisted his brother.

A. Bloxam created a journal which was later published, giving the first botanical account of Malden Islands, Kiribati, discovered on the return voyage and named after Lt. C.R. Malden of HMS Blonde. Original specimens from the expedition were deposited in the national collections at BM though fungi were later transferred to K (c. 1961). Material deposited with the Horticultural Society of London was later purchased by BM (1856).

Bloxam also studied his local flora and specialised in the genus Rubus. He created a British herbarium which was deposited at Calke Abbey in Derbyshire (CKE). Much of the material from CKE was later transferred to BM and probably includes original British material from Bloxam. Rubus bloxamianus Coleman was named in his honour.

Biography

British clergyman and naturalist from Rugby, Warwickshire, who trained at Oxford University. He was later Rector of Twycross, Leicestershire and subsequently of Harborough Magna, Warwickshire. As a young man he was offered the position as naturalist on the voyage of HMS Blonde to Hawaii (1824-1825), commanded by Lord G.A. Byron. The main mission of the expedition was to return the bodies of Kamehameha II and his queen, Kamamalu, who had died of measles during a royal visit to England the previous year. Bloxam's primary responsibility was for ornithological observations. He travelled with his elder brother and ship's chaplain Rev. R. Rowland Bloxam and Scottish botanist James Macrae who was collecting plants for the Horticultural Society of London. R.R. Bloxam is also known as a mycologist but was not credited with any collections on the expedition, though it seems unlikely that he would not have assisted his brother.

A. Bloxam created a journal which was later published, giving the first botanical account of Malden Islands, Kiribati, discovered on the return voyage and named after Lt. C.R. Malden of HMS Blonde. Original specimens from the expedition were deposited in the national collections at BM though fungi were later transferred to K (c. 1961). Material deposited with the Horticultural Society of London was later purchased by BM (1856).

Bloxam also studied his local flora and specialised in the genus Rubus. He created a British herbarium which was deposited at Calke Abbey in Derbyshire (CKE). Much of the material from CKE was later transferred to BM and probably includes original British material from Bloxam. Rubus bloxamianus Coleman was named in his honour.

Biography

British clergyman and naturalist from Rugby, Warwickshire, who trained at Oxford University. He was later Rector of Twycross, Leicestershire and subsequently of Harborough Magna, Warwickshire. As a young man he was offered the position as naturalist on the voyage of HMS Blonde to Hawaii (1824-1825), commanded by Lord G.A. Byron. The main mission of the expedition was to return the bodies of Kamehameha II and his queen, Kamamalu, who had died of measles during a royal visit to England the previous year. Bloxam's primary responsibility was for ornithological observations. He travelled with his elder brother and ship's chaplain Rev. R. Rowland Bloxam and Scottish botanist James Macrae who was collecting plants for the Horticultural Society of London. R.R. Bloxam is also known as a mycologist but was not credited with any collections on the expedition, though it seems unlikely that he would not have assisted his brother.

A. Bloxam created a journal which was later published, giving the first botanical account of Malden Islands, Kiribati, discovered on the return voyage and named after Lt. C.R. Malden of HMS Blonde. Original specimens from the expedition were deposited in the national collections at BM though fungi were later transferred to K (c. 1961). Material deposited with the Horticultural Society of London was later purchased by BM (1856).

Bloxam also studied his local flora and specialised in the genus Rubus. He created a British herbarium which was deposited at Calke Abbey in Derbyshire (CKE). Much of the material from CKE was later transferred to BM and probably includes original British material from Bloxam. Rubus bloxamianus Coleman was named in his honour.