Arthur Henfrey (botanist)
Arthur Henfrey (1819–1859) was an English surgeon and botanist.
Life
Henfrey was born of English parents at Aberdeen on 1 November 1819. He studied medicine and surgery at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843. Poor health caused him to give up his medical career.[1]
In 1847 Henfrey lectured on plants at the medical school of St. George's Hospital. He then succeeded Edward Forbes in the botanical chair at King's College London in 1853; and was examiner in natural history to the Royal Military Academy and also to the Society of Arts. He was elected an associate of the Linnean Society in 1843, and a fellow in the next year.[1] In 1852 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society.[2]
Henfrey died at Turnham Green on 7 September 1859. The genus Henfreya of John Lindley, of the Acanthaceæ, was merged into the Asystasia of Blume.[1]
Works
Henfrey wrote:[1]
- Anatomical Manipulations, 1844, with Alfred Tulk.
- Outlines of Structural and Physiological Botany, 1847.
- Reports and Papers on Botany, Ray Society, 1849.
- The Rudiments of Botany, 1849; 2nd edit. 1859.
- The Vegetation of Europe, its Conditions and Causes, 1852.
- The Relations of Botanical Science to other Branches of Knowledge, 1854.
- Introductory Address, King's College, London, 1856.
- An Elementary Course of Botany, 1857; fourth ed. 1884.
- On the Educational Claims of Botanical Science, 1857.
He translated:[1]
- On Vegetable Cells, by Carl von Nägeli; for the Ray Society, 1846.
- Chemical Field Lectures, by Julius Adolph Stöckhardt, 1847.
- The Earth, Plants, and Man, by Joakim Frederik Schouw, 1847.
- The Plant, by Matthias Schleiden, 1848.
- Principles of the Anatomy of the Vegetable Cell, by Hugo von Mohl, 1851.
- In: Botanical and physiological memoirs…, 1853:
Henfrey also edited:[1]
- Scientific Memoirs (New Series, Natural History), 1837, with Thomas Henry Huxley.
- The Botanical Gazette, 1849.
- Journal of the Photographic Society, vols. i. and ii., 1853.
- Micrographic Dictionary, 1854, with John William Griffith.
- A revised and enlarged edition of George William Francis's Anatomy of the British Ferns, 1855.
Family
Henfrey married Elizabeth Anne, eldest daughter of the Hon. Jabez Henry.[4] Henry William Henfrey the numismatist was their son.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). "Henfrey, Arthur". Dictionary of National Biography 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co. - ↑ Mabberley, D. J. "Henfrey, Arthur". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/12922. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ "Author Query for 'Henfr.'". International Plant Names Index.
- ↑ Graham, David. "Henry, Jabez". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/94368. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). "Henfrey, Arthur". Dictionary of National Biography 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.