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Thomas Potts James

Thomas Potts James

American botanist (1803–1882)

Thomas Potts James (1803–1882) was an American botanist and bryologist.[1] He made important contributions to the study of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts).[2] He wrote the section on mosses and liverworts in William Darlington's Flora Cestrica (1853).[2]

Family

James married Isabella Batchelder on 3 December 1851.[3] Isabella went on to become the president of the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Commission.[3]

The standard author abbreviation James is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Humphrey, Harry Baker (1961). Makers of North American Botany. New York: Ronald Press Company. pp. 125–127.
  2. [2]
    Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella James (1903). "Thomas Potts James". The Bryologist. 6 (5): 71–74. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(1903)6[71:TPJ]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3238779.
  3. [3]
    Chandler, Charles Henry (1914). "The history of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914 : with genealogical records of the principal families". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  4. [4]
    International Plant Names Index.  James.



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