Benjamin Carrington

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Benjamin Carrington

fungi and lichens, and wrote extensively on these subjects.[1]

Life

He was born on 18 January 1827 in Lincoln, England. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and graduated with the MD thesis "Entophytes found on man"[2] in 1851. He worked as a General Practitioner variously in Radcliffe (near Manchester), Lincoln, Yeadon, Southport and Eccles, but he is remembered for his contributions to botany as an amateur collector and author.

In 1861 he was elected a Fellow of the

Joseph Lister
.

He died on his 66th birthday in Brighton[3] on 18 January 1893. He is buried in Carlton Hill Cemetery in Brighton.[4]

Artistic recognition

His portrait is held by the University of Manchester.[5]

Other positions held

  • President of the Manchester Cryptogamic Society

Publications

  • The Cryptogams (1862)[6]
  • Gleanings Amongst the Irish Cryptogams (1863)[7]
  • Notes on the Cyperaceae (1863)[8]
The standard author abbreviation Carrington is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[9]

References

  1. ^ "HUH - Databases - Botanist Search". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. ^ Carrington, Benjn (1851). "Entophytes found on man". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Benjamin Carrington - Wiki". herbariaunited.org. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  4. ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Home - Archives Hub". archiveshub.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  6. ISSN 0097-0212
    . Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  7. ^ Carrington, B.; Botanical Society of Edinburgh (1863). Gleanings Among the Irish Cryptogams. William Pamplin. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  8. ^ Carrington, B. (1863). Notes on the Cyperaceae. Botanical Society. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  9. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Carrington.


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