English surgeon and botanist (1819–1859)
Arthur Henfrey (1 November 1819 – 7 September 1859) was an English surgeon and botanist.[ 1]
Arthur Henfrey, 1855 photograph 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]
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]
On Vegetable Cells , by Carl von Nägeli ; for the Ray Society, 1846.
Chemical Field Lectures , by Julius Adolph Stöckhardt , 1847.
The Earth, Plants, and Man , by Joakim Frederik Schouw , 1847.
The Plant , by Matthias Schleiden , 1848.
Principles of the Anatomy of the Vegetable Cell , by Hugo von Mohl , 1851.
In: Botanical and physiological memoirs… , 1853:
Henfrey also edited:[ 2]
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]
^ "Obituary Notice - Arthur Henfrey, F.R.S. &c" . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 4 : 311–312. 1859. Retrieved 19 January 2016 .
^ a b c d e f g Stephen, Leslie ; Lee, Sidney , eds. (1891). "Henfrey, Arthur" . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ 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.)
^ International Plant Names Index . Henfr .
^ "Review of The Vegetation of Europe, its Conditions and Causes by Arthur Henfrey" . The Athenæum : 913–914. 28 August 1852.
^ 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.)
^ "Deaths". The Times . No. 36900. London. 16 October 1902. p. 1.
Attribution This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Stephen, Leslie ; Lee, Sidney , eds. (1891). "Henfrey, Arthur ". Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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