Hugh Cuming (1791 - 1865) was an English naturalist and conchologist. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Natural history is the Scientific research of Plants or Animals leaning more towards the Observational than Experimental methods Conchology is the scientific, semi-scientific or Amateur study of mollusk shells (in the UK spelled mollusc shells He has been described as the 'Prince of Collectors'.
Cuming was born at West Alvington in Devon, and emigrated to Chile at the age of 28. Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the He began collecting shells in the South Pacific region in 1821, returning to England in 1831. Between 1836 and 1839 he visited the Philippines. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
Cuming's collection of 82,992 specimens was purchased by the Natural History Museum in 1866 for £6,000. The Natural History Museum is one of three large Museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum Many important conchological works were based on this collection, including Reeve's Conchologia Iconica (1843-1878, 20 volumes) and the Sowerbys' Thesaurus Conchyliorum (1842-1887, five volumes). George Brettingham Sowerby I ( 1788 - July 26, 1854) was a British naturalist, illustrator and conchologist.
Cibotium cumingii is named after Cuming. Cibotium cumingii is a species of Tree fern, of the genus Cibotium. [1]
References
- ^ Mark F. Large and John E. Braggins (2004). Tree Ferns. Timber Press. ISBN 0881926302.
External links
- Hugh Cuming Hugh Cuming's work on orchids
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