Thomas Gibson Lea (December 14, 1785 – September 30, 1844) was an American botanist who was born in Wilmington, Delaware.[1] He was the older brother of the publisher, Isaac Lea and the younger brother of John Lea (1782 – 1862), who is known for his study of a cholera outbreak in Cincinnati, Ohio.[2]
Thomas Gibson Lea | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 14, 1785 |
| Died | September 30, 1844 (aged 58) |
| Nationality | American |
Lea was honored alongside Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803 – 1889; an English cryptogamist and clergyman) in the naming of Berkleasmium in 1854, which is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Dematiaceae.[3] Lea also lends his name to the lichen Phaeophyscia leana.[4]
References
edit- ^ James Grant Wilson; John Fiske (1898). Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Grinnell-Lockwood. D. Appleton. pp. 645–.
- ^ Morens, David M. (2013). "Commentary: Cholera conundrums and proto-epidemiologic puzzles. The confusing epidemic world of John Lea and John Snow". International Journal of Epidemiology. 42 (1): 43–52. doi:10.1093/ije/dyt016. PMC 3600629. PMID 23508406.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ Hansen, Curtis J.; Lendemer, James C. (6 May 2019). "The First Report of the Rare Lichen Species Phaeophyscia leana (Physciaceae) from Alabama". Evansia. 36 (1). doi:10.1639/0747-9859-36.1.1. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Lea.