Information about Thomas Horsfield
Thomas Horsfield, M. D., (1773–1859) was an American physician and naturalist.
Horsfield was born in Philadelphia and studied medicine. He worked as a doctor in Java for many years. The East India Company took control of the island from the Dutch in 1811, and Horsfield began to collect plants and animals on behalf of his friend Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. In 1819 he was forced to leave the island due to ill health and became keeper and later curator of the East India Company's museum in Leadenhall Street, London.
Horsfield was appointed assistant secretary of the Zoological Society of London at its formation in 1826.
Horsfield wrote Zoological Researches in Java and the Neighbouring Islands (1824). He also classified a number of birds with Nicholas Aylward Vigors, most notably in their A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities (Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (1827)).
In 1833, he was a founder of what became the Royal Entomological Society of London.
The Horsfield's Tortoise or the Russian Tortoise "Testudo horsfieldii" is named after him.
The Horsfield's Goshawk or the Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis is also named after him.
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Writing on Horsfield's Catalogue of the mammals in the East India Company Museum on a copy to Theodore Edward Cantor
Horsfield was appointed assistant secretary of the Zoological Society of London at its formation in 1826.
Horsfield wrote Zoological Researches in Java and the Neighbouring Islands (1824). He also classified a number of birds with Nicholas Aylward Vigors, most notably in their A description of the Australian birds in the collection of the Linnean Society; with an attempt at arranging them according to their natural affinities (Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (1827)).
In 1833, he was a founder of what became the Royal Entomological Society of London.
The Horsfield's Tortoise or the Russian Tortoise "Testudo horsfieldii" is named after him.
The Horsfield's Goshawk or the Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis is also named after him.
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Motto
"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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"In God We Trust" (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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physician applies to a person who practices some type of medicine. Such medical practitioners are concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury, through both an area of knowledge
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Natural history or (in Latin) Naturalis Historia is the scientific study of plants or animals.
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Nickname: "City of Brotherly Love", "The City that Loves you Back", "Cradle of Liberty", "The Quaker City", "The Birthplace of America", "Philly".
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Nickname: "City of Brotherly Love", "The City that Loves you Back", "Cradle of Liberty", "The Quaker City", "The Birthplace of America", "Philly".
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Java
Native name: Jawa<nowiki />
Topography of Java
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Native name: Jawa<nowiki />
Topography of Java
Geography
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Honourable East India Company (HEIC), often colloquially referred to as "John Company", and "Company Bahadur" in India, was an early joint-stock company (the Dutch East India Company was the first to issue public stock).
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Motto
"Je maintiendrai" (French)
"Ik zal handhaven" (Dutch)
"I shall stand fast"1
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"Je maintiendrai" (French)
"Ik zal handhaven" (Dutch)
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Plantae
Haeckel, 1866[1]
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Green algae
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Haeckel, 1866[1]
Divisions
Green algae
- Chlorophyta
- Charophyta
- Non-vascular land plants (bryophytes)
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Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (July 6, 1781 – July 5, 1826) was the founder of the city of Singapore (now the Republic of Singapore), and is one of the most famous Britons who expanded the British Empire.
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curator of a cultural heritage institution (e.g., archive, gallery, library, museum or garden) is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and their associated collections catalogs.
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Leadenhall Street is a major street in the City of London.
It runs from Cornhill to Aldgate. Aldgate Pump is at the junction with Aldgate. Historically it has been the location of Lloyd's of London and the East India Company. The London Metal Exchange is located at number 56.
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It runs from Cornhill to Aldgate. Aldgate Pump is at the junction with Aldgate. Historically it has been the location of Lloyd's of London and the East India Company. The London Metal Exchange is located at number 56.
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The Zoological Society of London (sometimes known by the abbreviation ZSL) is a learned society founded in London in April 1826 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lord Auckland, Sir Humphry Davy, Joseph Sabine, Nicholas Aylward Vigors and other eminent naturalists.
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Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 – October 26, 1840) was an Irish zoologist and politician.
Vigors was born at Old Leighlin, County Carlow. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford. He served in the army during the Peninsular War from 1809 to 1811.
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Vigors was born at Old Leighlin, County Carlow. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford. He served in the army during the Peninsular War from 1809 to 1811.
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The Linnean Society of London is the world's premier society for the study and dissemination of taxonomy. It publishes a Zoological Journal, as well as Botanical and Biological Journals.
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The Royal Entomological Society of London (formerly, the Entomological Society of London) is devoted to insect study. It has a major national and international role in disseminating information about insects and improving communication between entomologists.
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T. horsfieldii
Binomial name
Testudo horsfieldii
Gray, 1844
The Russian Tortoise, Horsfield's Tortoise or Central Asian Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii syn.
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Binomial name
Testudo horsfieldii
Gray, 1844
The Russian Tortoise, Horsfield's Tortoise or Central Asian Tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii syn.
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A. soloensis
Binomial name
Accipiter soloensis
(Horsfield, 1821)
The Chinese Goshawk (Accipiter soloensis
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Binomial name
Accipiter soloensis
(Horsfield, 1821)
The Chinese Goshawk (Accipiter soloensis
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