James De Carle Sowerby

James De Carle Sowerby (5 June 1787 – 26 August 1871) was a British mineralogist, botanist, and illustrator. He received an education in chemistry.[1]

James De Carle Sowerby

Terrapene clausa from Monograph of the Testudinata

Sowerby was born in London, the son of botanical artist James Sowerby (1757–1822), and his wife, Anne de Carle (1764–1815). He continued his father's work and published, together with his brother George Brettingham Sowerby I, the latter volumes of the Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, begun by their father.[1]

Together with a cousin, he founded the Royal Botanic Society and Gardens, and was its secretary for 30 years.

His son William Sowerby was also a botanist and illustrator, and succeeded him as Secretary of the Royal Botanic Society in 1869.[2]

He died in Kilburn, London in 1871.[1]

See also

• Sowerby family

References

1. Cleevely, R. J. "Sowerby, James De Carle (1787–1871), naturalist and artist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-26074. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
2. Ray Desmond (1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. CRC Press. pp. 644–. ISBN 978-0-85066-843-8.
3. IPNI.  J.C.Sowerby.

External links

• Rare Book Room Scan of Monograph of the Testudinata (and Tortoises, terrapins, and turtles drawn from life) with illustrations by Sowerby
• Chronophobia Scans of selected plates from The Zoological Journal, illustrated by Sowerby