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English surgeon and botanist (1819–1859)
Arthur Henfrey (1 November 1819 – 7 September 1859) was an English surgeon and botanist.
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Arthur Henfrey, 1855 photograph
Life
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.
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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 .
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Henfrey died at
Turnham Green on 7 September 1859. The genus Henfreya of
John Lindley , of the
Acanthaceæ , was merged into the
Asystasia of Blume.
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Works
Henfrey wrote:
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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.
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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:
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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:
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Family
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.
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References
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"Obituary Notice - Arthur Henfrey, F.R.S. &c" . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 4 : 311–312. 1859. Retrieved 19 January 2016 .
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Stephen, Leslie ;
Lee, Sidney , eds. (1891).
"Henfrey, Arthur" .
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.)
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International Plant Names Index .
Henfr .
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"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.
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