Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) was an English scientist, a botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist, and a clergyman. In 1825 he graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, and in the same year he took holy orders.[1] In 1832 he became a clergyman in the Madeira Islands, where he was also a part-time naturalist, extensively studying the local flora and fauna. He wrote a book on the Madeiran flora. He died in 1874 when the ship he was on was wrecked off the Scilly Isles.
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Born | 1802 |
Died | 1874 Scilly Isles |
Nationality | English |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
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Fields | botany, ichthyology, malacology |
Lowe named and described numerous molluscan taxa, including:
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