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312 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS.
pupil of Limifeus. Came to England, 1760, as Under-librariaii,
Bht. Mus. Accompanied Banks on Cook's first voyage, 1768-
1771, and to Iceland, 1772. Librarian to Banks. Edited Ellis's
'Hist. Zoophytes,' 1786. MSS. in Bot. Dept., Mus. Brit.
Pult. ii. 350; Chalmers; Linn. Letters, ii. 1; Woolls, Bot.
Discov. Austral. 8. Oil portr. and medallion at Linn. Soc.
Two Wedgwood medallions. Engr. by J. Newton, 1784, after
J. Sowerby. Litho. from
Solandra L. = Hydrocotyle.
oil portr. at Linn. Soc. ;
Solandra L. fil.
at Kew.
Sole, William (1739 ?-1802) : b. 1739 ? ; d. Bath, 7th Feb. 1802.
Of Bath. Druggist. A.L.S., 1788. ' Menthse Britannic^,'
1798. ' MS. Flora Bathonica,' 1782. Fritz. 300; Jacks. 238;
Gent. Mag. 1802, i. 274 ; Phyt. iii. 581.
Solly, Edward (1820 ?-1886) : b. 1820 ? ;
Solea Spr.
d. Sutton, Surrey, 2nd
April, 1886. F.L.S., 1842. F.E.S., 1843. Prof. Chemistry,
Koyal Hort. Soc. Brother-in-law of Eoyle. ' Veg. Physiology
based upon Electricity,' 1847. Jacks. 607 ; K. S. C. v. 745-6
'Athenffium,' 1886, i. 489.
Solly, Richard Horsman (1778-1858) : b. London, 29th April,
1778; d. Loudon, 31st March, 1858. F.E.S. F.L.S., 1826.
Studied Vegetable Physiology and Anatomy. Bot. Eeg. 1. 1466;
E. S. C. V. 746. Sollya Liudl.
Somerset, Mary {nix Capel), Duchess of Beaufort (1630?-
1714): b. 1630'?; d. Badminton, Gloucestersh., 7th Jan. 1714;
bur. Badminton. Previously Lady Beauchamp. Had a botanic
garden at Badminton, Eich. Corr. 33 ; Loudon, 'Arboretum,' 61
Plants in Herb. Sloane. Beaxifortia E. Br.
Sommerville, Thomas (1783 ?-1810): d. Edinburgh, 17th March,
1810. Superintendent, Bot. Gard., Edinburgh. Mem. Wern.
Soc. i. 246.
Southby, Anthony {olim Gapper), (fl. 1835-1842). Of Bridgewater.
M.D. Sent catalogue of Somerset and Wilts plants
to Watson, N. B. G. 27. Top. Bot. ed. 2, 556; E. S. C.
V. 762.
Sowerby, Charles Edward (1795-1842) : b. London, 1795 ; d.
London, 7th May, 1842. A.L.S., 1827. Third son of James
Sowerby. Superintended small edition of Eng. Bot. Contrib.
to Eng. Bot. 2446. Pritz. 301 ; Jacks. 235 ; Proc. Linn. Soc.
i. 149.
Sowerby, George Brettingham (1788-1854): b. Lambeth, 1788 ;
d. 26th July, 1854. F.L.S., 1811. Second son of James
Sowerby. Conchologist and muscologist. Contrib. to Eng. Bot.
(1304, 1710, 1866, 1939). Gent. Mag. 1854, ii. 406; 'Athenffium,'
1854, 971 ; Allibone.
Sowerby, James (1757-1822) : b. London, 21st March, 1757 ; d.
Lambeth, 25th Oct. 1822. Botanical Artist. A.L.S., 1788.
F.L.S., 1793. 'Botanical Drawing-book,' 1789. ' Enghsh
Botany,' with Smith, 1790-1614. 'Brit. Fungi,' 1797-1809.
'Exotic Botany,' 1804-5. Eng. Bot. 103, 317; Pritz. 301;
Jacks. 608; E. S. C. v. 765; Gent. Mag. 1822, ii. 568; Cott.
Gard. v. 29. Engr. portr. at Linn. Soc. tSowerbcea Sm.