Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888

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Dates:
Birth 1810-04-06
Death 1888-08-23
Britons,
English,

Biographical notes:

Epithet: zoologist

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x000181

Gosse was an itinerant painter and amateur naturalist who traveled through Alabama in 1838. He sketched and hand colored 233 panels of insects and plants for his unpublished "Entomologia Alabamensis" that is now in the British Museum in London.

From the description of Papers, 1838. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 42774639

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Subjects:

  • Alabama (Insects)
  • Birds
  • Botany
  • Natural history illustration
  • Orchids

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Places:

  • Alabama (as recorded)
  • Jamaica (as recorded)
  • Jamaica (as recorded)

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