Arthur Henfrey (botanist)

Arthur Henfrey (1 November 1819 – 7 September 1859) was an English surgeon and botanist.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[2]

Works

Henfrey wrote:[2]

  • 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.[5]
  • 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:[2]

Henfrey also edited:[2]

  • Scientific Memoirs (New Series, Natural History), 1837, with Thomas Henry Huxley.
  • The Botanical Gazette, 1849.
  • Journal of the Photographic Society, vols. i. and ii., 1853.
  • Micrographic Dictionary, 1854, with John William Griffith.
  • A revised and enlarged edition of George William Francis's Anatomy of the British Ferns, 1855.

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.[2]

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References
  1. "Obituary Notice - Arthur Henfrey, F.R.S. &c". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4: 311–312. 1859. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). "Henfrey, Arthur" . Dictionary of National Biography. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. 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.)
  4. IPNI.  Henfr.
  5. "Review of The Vegetation of Europe, its Conditions and Causes by Arthur Henfrey". The Athenæum: 913–914. 28 August 1852.
  6. 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.)
  7. "Deaths". The Times (36900). London. 16 October 1902. p. 1.
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