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Parkinson, John (c. 1772-1847)
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
John
Last name
Parkinson
Initials
J.
Life Dates
1772 - 1847
Specification
Plant collector
Organisation(s)
K, OXF
Countries
Central American Continent: Mexico
Associate(s)
Galeotti, Henri Guillaume (1814-1858) (co-collector)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865) (specimens to)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865) (specimens to)
Biography
Parkinson was British Consul-General in Mexico from 1838-1840 and made many dried and living plant collections in the country at this time. These he sent to Kew Gardens in London. William Hooker dedicated the 1840 volume of the Botanical Magazine to Parkinson in recognition of his services. The full-page dedication reads: "To John Parkinson, Esq., F.R. & L.S., H.B.M. Consul-General in Mexico, &c. &c. &c., to whom the more recent pages of this work are indebted for some of their brightest ornaments, and, to whose unwearied exertions in the cause of botany, during his residence in Mexico, the collections of orchideae and cacteae in the gardens of His Grace the late Duke of Bedford at Woburn, and Mr. Harris at Kingsbury, owe their most powerful attractions, and our herbaria many novel and interesting specimens, the present volume is dedicated, by his obedient and very humble servant, W.J. Hooker." Parkinson died in 1847 in Paris.
Sources:
W.B. Hemsley, in F.D. Godman and O. Salvin (editors), 1888, Biologia Centrali-Americana, 4: 128
W.J. Hooker, 1840, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 66.
Sources:
W.B. Hemsley, in F.D. Godman and O. Salvin (editors), 1888, Biologia Centrali-Americana, 4: 128
W.J. Hooker, 1840, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 66.
References
Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 51; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 647;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
John
Last name
Parkinson
Initials
J.
Life Dates
1772 - 1847
Specification
Plant collector
Organisation(s)
K, OXF
Countries
Central American Continent: Mexico
Associate(s)
Galeotti, Henri Guillaume (1814-1858) (co-collector)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865) (specimens to)
Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865) (specimens to)
Biography
Parkinson was British Consul-General in Mexico from 1838-1840 and made many dried and living plant collections in the country at this time. These he sent to Kew Gardens in London. William Hooker dedicated the 1840 volume of the Botanical Magazine to Parkinson in recognition of his services. The full-page dedication reads: "To John Parkinson, Esq., F.R. & L.S., H.B.M. Consul-General in Mexico, &c. &c. &c., to whom the more recent pages of this work are indebted for some of their brightest ornaments, and, to whose unwearied exertions in the cause of botany, during his residence in Mexico, the collections of orchideae and cacteae in the gardens of His Grace the late Duke of Bedford at Woburn, and Mr. Harris at Kingsbury, owe their most powerful attractions, and our herbaria many novel and interesting specimens, the present volume is dedicated, by his obedient and very humble servant, W.J. Hooker." Parkinson died in 1847 in Paris.
Sources:
W.B. Hemsley, in F.D. Godman and O. Salvin (editors), 1888, Biologia Centrali-Americana, 4: 128
W.J. Hooker, 1840, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 66.
Sources:
W.B. Hemsley, in F.D. Godman and O. Salvin (editors), 1888, Biologia Centrali-Americana, 4: 128
W.J. Hooker, 1840, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 66.
References
Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 51; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 647;
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