George Brettingham Sowerby III
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George Brettingham Sowerby III (1843 – 1921) was a British
conchologist
, publisher, and illustrator.
He, too, worked (like his father George Brettingham Sowerby II
and his grandfather George Brettingham Sowerby I
) on the Thesaurus Conchyliorium, a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated work on molluscs. He was colour blind, and thus his daughter did most of the colouring of his engravings.
United Kingdom
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conchologist
Conchology
Conchology is the scientific or amateur study of mollusc shells. Conchology is one aspect of malacology, the study of molluscs, however malacology studies molluscs as whole organisms, not just their shells. Conchology pre-dated malacology as a field of study. It includes the study of land and...
, publisher, and illustrator.
He, too, worked (like his father George Brettingham Sowerby II
George Brettingham Sowerby II
George Brettingham Sowerby II was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist.Together with his father, George Brettingham Sowerby I, he published the Thesaurus Conchylorium and other illustrated works on molluscs....
and his grandfather George Brettingham Sowerby I
George Brettingham Sowerby I
George Brettingham Sowerby I was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist.He was the son of James Sowerby. Together with his brother James De Carle Sowerby he continued their father's work on fossil shells, publishing the latter parts of the Mineral Conchology of Great Britain...
) on the Thesaurus Conchyliorium, a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated work on molluscs. He was colour blind, and thus his daughter did most of the colouring of his engravings.
See also
- Sowerby family