Lansdown Guilding
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The Reverend Lansdown Guilding (1797-1831) was a theologian and early naturalist
. He was born on 9 May 1797 in St Vincent
and was the son of the Reverend John Guilding and his wife Sarah. He is best known for his works on the flora and fauna of St Vincent in particular and on the Caribbean in general. He wrote numerous illustrated papers for journals of scholarly societies in England.
His book “An Account of the Botanic Garden
in the Island of St. Vincent” was published in Glasgow in 1825. He corresponded with Charles Darwin
, providing him notes on the natural history of the Caribbean region. He left St Vincent in 1802 at the age of five for England, studying there and matriculating from Oxford. He returned to St Vincent in 1817. His father died in 1818 and he took up work as garrison chaplain and left for England in 1819. Guilding became rector of St. George's Anglican church. At the age of 20 he was elected Fellow of the Linnean Society and was acquainted with William J. Hooker and A. B. Lambert with whom he corresponded. Guilding was an excellent artist and engraver and he produced a "Table of Colours Arranged for Naturalists" in 1825 which may have been the first biological colour chart.
He died in Bermuda
on 22 October 1831.
Naturalist
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. He was born on 9 May 1797 in St Vincent
Saint Vincent (island)
Saint Vincent is a volcanic island in the Caribbean. It is the largest island of the chain called Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located in the Caribbean Sea, between Saint Lucia and Grenada. It is composed of partially submerged volcanic mountains...
and was the son of the Reverend John Guilding and his wife Sarah. He is best known for his works on the flora and fauna of St Vincent in particular and on the Caribbean in general. He wrote numerous illustrated papers for journals of scholarly societies in England.
His book “An Account of the Botanic Garden
Botanic Gardens St. Vincent
The St Vincent Botanical Gardens is located in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is one of the oldest in the Western Hemisphere and perhaps the oldest in the tropical world. Conservation of rare species of plants has been practiced here since 1765...
in the Island of St. Vincent” was published in Glasgow in 1825. He corresponded with Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
, providing him notes on the natural history of the Caribbean region. He left St Vincent in 1802 at the age of five for England, studying there and matriculating from Oxford. He returned to St Vincent in 1817. His father died in 1818 and he took up work as garrison chaplain and left for England in 1819. Guilding became rector of St. George's Anglican church. At the age of 20 he was elected Fellow of the Linnean Society and was acquainted with William J. Hooker and A. B. Lambert with whom he corresponded. Guilding was an excellent artist and engraver and he produced a "Table of Colours Arranged for Naturalists" in 1825 which may have been the first biological colour chart.
He died in Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
on 22 October 1831.