Richard Thomas Lowe

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Richard Thomas Lowe
Born	1802
Died	1874
Nationality	British
Fields	botany, ichthyology, malacology
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge

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

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

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

References

"Lowe, Richard Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Check date values in: |date= (help)

Notes

↑ "Lowe, Richard Thomas (LW821RT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ "Author Query for 'Lowe'". International Plant Names Index.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 52473340 LCCN: no2004052814 GND: 117683337

Persondata
Name	Lowe, Richard Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	British scientist
Date of birth	1802
Place of birth
Date of death	1874
Place of death

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