Everard im Thurn
Governor of British Ceylon | |
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In office 19 November 1903 – 3 December 1903 | |
Monarch | Edward VII |
Preceded by | Joseph West Ridgeway |
Succeeded by | Henry Arthur Blake |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 May 1852 Camberwell, London, England |
Died | 9 October 1932 | (aged 80)
Spouse | Hannah Cassels Lorimer, Lady im Thurn |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Sir Everard Ferdinand im Thurn
Life
Im Thurn was born in Camberwell, London,[1] the son of an Austrian immigrant banker, and educated at Marlborough College, University of Oxford, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Sydney. His first book, dedicated to his headmaster, was a study of The Birds of Marlborough (1870).[2]
After his education, im Thurn travelled to
In December 1884 he led the first successful expedition to the summit of
He then spent a couple of years back in the United Kingdom, holding several positions from 1899 to 1901, including 1st class clerk and later principal clerk in the Colonial Office. In July 1901 he moved to Ceylon (now
He was a well-respected figure in the scientific circles of his time. Whilst in Ceylon he served as president of the
In 1895, he married Hannah C. Lorimer, daughter of Professor James Lorimer, of the University of Edinburgh.[12] In 1921 they moved to live at Cockenzie House in East Lothian, where he died in 1932.
In 1886, he was honoured by English botanist Henry Nicholas Ridley, who named a genus of plants from tropical South America after him.[13] The genus of Everardia (is in the family Cyperaceae).[14]
The standard author abbreviation Thurn is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[15]
References
- ^ "Findmypast.co.uk". Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "The Birds of Marlborough". Archive.org. 1870.
- ^ "New Year Honours". The Times. No. 36027. London. 1 January 1900. p. 9.
- ^ "No. 27154". The London Gazette. 16 January 1900. p. 285.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36079. London. 2 March 1900. p. 6.
- ^ "No. 27330". The London Gazette. 5 July 1901. p. 4470.
- ^ "No. 27339". The London Gazette. 30 July 1901. p. 5047.
- ^ "Modern buccaneers in the West Pacific" (PDF). New Age: 136–140. 5 June 1913.
- ^ "No. 27811". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 June 1905. p. 4549.
- ^ "No. 30576". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 March 1918. p. 3286.
- ^ "Past Presidents". Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- .
- ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
- ^ "Everardia Ridl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Thurn.
- This article contains content from the defunct wiki, Hierarchypedia, used here under the GNU Free Documentation License.
- Im Thurn, E.F. (1885). The Ascent of Mount Roraima. Proceedings of the Royal Geographic Society VII: 497–521.