Arthur Henfrey (botanist)
Arthur Henfrey (1 November 1819 – 7 September 1859) was an English surgeon and botanist.[1]
Biography
[edit]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.[2]
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.[2] In 1852, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society.[3]
Henfrey died at Turnham Green on 7 September 1859, aged 39. The genus Henfreya of John Lindley, of the Acanthaceæ, was merged into the Asystasia of Blume.[2]
Works
[edit]Henfrey wrote:[2]
- 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.[5]
- 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:[2]
- 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:[2]
- 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
[edit]Henfrey married Elizabeth Anne Henry, eldest daughter of the Hon. Jabez Henry.[6] She survived her husband for more than 40 years, and died 86 years old at Hanworth House, Chertsey, on 10 October 1902.[7] Henry William Henfrey the numismatist was their son.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Obituary Notice - Arthur Henfrey, F.R.S. &c". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4: 311–312. 1859. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 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.)
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Henfr.
- ^ "Review of The Vegetation of Europe, its Conditions and Causes by Arthur Henfrey". The Athenæum: 913–914. 28 August 1852.
- ^ 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.)
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 36900. London. 16 October 1902. p. 1.
- 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. Vol. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
