Thomas Jenkinson Woodward

Thomas Jenkinson Woodward (1745–1820) was an English botanist.

Life

Born 23 Feb 1745, he was a native of Huntingdon. His parents died when he was quite young, leaving him, however, financially independent. He was educated at Eton College and Clare Hall, Cambridge,^[1] where he graduated LL.B. in 1769. Shortly after that he married Frances (d. 27 November 1833), the daughter and heiress of Thomas Manning of Bungay, Suffolk.

Woodward was appointed a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for the county of Suffolk. When he moved to Walcot Hall, Diss, Norfolk, he took on the same posts for that county. On the establishment of the volunteer system he became lieutenant-colonel of the Diss volunteers.

Woodward was elected a fellow of the

Linnean Society

of London in 1789. He died at Diss on 28 January 1820, and was buried there. He left no issue.

Works

Woodward was described by

algæ. He also furnished information to Smith for James Sowerby's English Botany, and to William Withering for the second edition of his Systematic Arrangement of British Plants, as well as to Thomas Martyn for his edition of Philip Miller

's Gardeners' Dictionary.

The standard author abbreviation Woodw. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

"Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Notes

^ "Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson (WDWT762TJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ International Plant Names Index. Woodw.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[1] "Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson (WDWT762TJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[2] International Plant Names Index. Woodw.

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