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Sowerby, James De Carle (1787 ?-1871) : b. Stoke Newington,
1787?; a. Loiulou, 2Uth Aug. 1871. F.L.S., 1823. Eldest
son of the preceding. Chemist and conchologist. Sec. Eoyal
Bot. Soc, 1839-69. Drew figures in Loudon Encycl. of Plants
and Supplement to Eng. Bot. (originals in Bot. Dept., Brit.
Mus.). Described some plants in Eng. Bot. Suppl. E. S. C.
V. 7C5; viii. 987; Proc. Linn. Soc. 1871-2, Ixxix.; Gard. Chron.
1871, 1260; Journ. Bot. 1871, 319.
Sowerby, John Edward (d. 1870). Son of Charles Edwards.
Botanical draughtsman. ' British Wild Flowers Illustrated,'
1860. Jacks. 608.
Speede, G. T. Frederic S. Barlow (fl. 1840-1848). ' Indian Handbook
of Gardening,' 1840; ed, 2, 1842 (list of plants in Hindustani
and English). Jacks. 11.
Spicer, Rev. William Webb (1820 ?-1879) : b. Westminster,
1820?; d. 28th April, 1879. B.A., Oxon, 1843. M.A., 1848.
Hector, Itchen Abbas, 1850-74. Contrib. to Phyt. iv. ' Handy
book to collection of Freshwater Algae,' 1867. ' Handbook of
Plants of Tasmania,' 1873. Jacks. 608 ; E. S. C. viii. 989.
Spittall, Robert (fl. 1829-1846). Surgeon. Of Edhiburgh.
President, Plinian Nat. Hist. Soc, 1829. Experimented on
Mimosa piidica, Edinb. New Phil. Jouru. 1830, 60. E. S. C.
V. 775.
Spottswood, — . (fl. 1673). Surgeon. Published catalogue of
Tangier plants in 1673. Plants in Hb. Delessert. Lasegue,
440, 504.
Spratt, George (fl. 1829-1843). M.E.C.S. Editor of 'Flora
Medica' (published anonymously), 1829-30. 'Medico-botanical
Pocket-book,' 1836. Supplied medico-botanical portion and
superintended colouring plates of Woodville's 'Medical Botany,'
ed. 3, 1832. Pritz. 303.
Stackhouse, John (1742-1819): b. Trehane, Cornwall, 1742;
d. Bath, 22ud Nov. 1819. Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford,
1761-64. F.L.S., 1795. 'Nereis Britannica,' 1795-1801;
ed. 2, 1816. Translated Theophrastus' Hist. PI., 1811. Pritz.
304 ; Jacks. 608 ; E. S. C. v. 787 ; Gent. Mag. 1820, i. 88.
Portr. in his Tlieophrastus. Stachlumnia Sm.
Stanger, Hon. William (1813 ?-1854): b. Wisbech, Cambridgesh.,
1813?; d. D'Urban, Natal, 14th March, 1854. F.B.S.Ed.,
1836. M.D., Edinb. Visited Australia. Practised in London.
On the Niger Expedition, 1841. Surveyor-General, Natal.
Discovered Staurjeria. Journ. Bot. 1853, 228; 'Athenieum,'
1854, 749. Stan;ieriu Moore.
Stanhope, Philip Henry, 4th Earl (1781-1855): b. London,
7lhDec. 1781 ; d. CheveniugPark, Sevenoaks, Kent, 2nd March,
1855. M.P., 1806. Succeeded, 1816. Pres. Med. -Bot. Soc.
Lond., 1829-1836. Gent. Mag. 1855, ii. 89. Stunhoi>,;, Hook.
Stansfield, Abraham (1H02-1880) : b. Hugcon Croft, Kebcote-in-
Slauslieid, 12t]i .Jan. 1802; d, Todmorden, Cheshire, 15th Aug.
1880. Nurseryman, of Vale Gardens, Todmorden. First Pres.,
Todmorden Bot. Soc, 1852. Collcclod vars. of Brit, ferns.