Thomas Powell (botanist)

Rev Thomas Powell (1809–1887)[1][2] was a British missionary sent to Samoa by the London Missionary Society.[3] In 1848 he went with John Geddie to Aneityum, in what is now Vanuatu, returning in 1849 in bad health to Samoa.[4] He was suffering from malaria, but went against Geddie's wishes.[5]

Also a botanist, Powell had special interests in bryophytes, fungi and lichens. Herbarium specimens collected by him in the south Pacific region between 1860 and 1890 have been indexed by the Linnean Society of London and a list of the material was published by the society in 2011[6]

Powell helped George Pratt compile his dictionary of the Samoan language.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Powell, Thomas (1809-1887)". JSTOR. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London". Internet Archive. 1886–7. p. 428. Retrieved 11 November 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ↑ Cluny Macpherson; La'avasa Macpherson (1 January 1990). Samoan Medical Belief and Practice. Auckland University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-86940-045-3.
  4. ↑ Doug Munro; Andrew Thornley (1996). The Covenant Makers: Islander Missionaries in the Pacific. editorips@usp.ac.fj. p. 48. ISBN 978-982-02-0126-2.
  5. ↑ John Garrett (1 January 1982). To Live Among the Stars: Christian Origins in Oceania. editorips@usp.ac.fj. p. 169. ISBN 978-2-8254-0692-2.
  6. ↑ A List of the Musci collected by the Rev. Thomas Powell in the Samoa or Navigator's Islands.
  7. ↑ Cluny Macpherson; La'avasa Macpherson (1 January 1990). Samoan Medical Belief and Practice. Auckland University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-86940-045-3.

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