Richard Thomas Lowe

Richard Thomas Lowe
Born	1802
Died	1874 Isles of Scilly
Nationality	English
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge
Scientific career
Fields	botany, ichthyology, malacology

Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) was an English 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. 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 the Isles of Scilly.

Taxa

Lowe named and described numerous molluscan taxa, including:

• Caseolus, a land snail genus and eight species within it
• Lemniscia, a land snail genus and two species within it

See also

• Category:Taxa named by Richard Thomas Lowe

References

• "Lowe, Richard Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.