Richard Thomas Lowe

Richard Thomas Lowe (1802-1874) was a British botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist, and clergyman. In 1825 he graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge and in the same year took holy orders.^[1] He became a clergyman in the Madeira Islands in 1832, where he was a part-time naturalist, extensively studying the local flora and fauna. He wrote a book on Madeiran flora. In 1874 he died, when the ship he was on was wrecked off Sicily.

The standard author abbreviation Lowe is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

Taxa

Lowe named and described numerous molluscan taxa, including:

Caseolus, a land snail genus and 8 species within it
Lemniscia, a land snail genus and 2 species within it

References

^ Richard Thomas Lowe in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Lowe, Richard Thomas
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Date of birth	1802
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Date of death	1874
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