> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 408](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189879) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7970-1) LSID 7970-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4758311) QID Q4758311 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Pritchard, Andrew (1804-1882), British microscopist and naturalist; until 1852 running an optical establishment in London, from then on dedicating himself fully to his biological-microscopical interests. **Abbreviated name**: *A. Pritch.* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.Pritch.*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. – Letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 112 (b. 14 Dec 1804, d. 24 Nov 1882); CSP 5: 25; De Toni 1: cii, 2: xcvi; DNB 46: 402-403; Frank 3(Anh.): 79; Jackson p. 158; Kew 4: 368; Nordstedt p. 26; Quenstedt p. 347. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 1693-1694. 1870 (bibl.). - Anon., Amer. Natural. 17(1): 231-232. 1883 (d. 24 Nov 1882); Zool. Anz. 6: 80. 1883 (d.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 328.6. 1980. - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 287. 1980. - Müller, R.H.W. & R. Zaunick, Friedr. Traugott Kützing 291. 1960. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr. lit. Handw.-Buch 3: 1071. 1898 (b. 14 Dec 1804, d. 24 Nov 1882, bibl.). #### Eponymy *Pritchardia* Unger ex Endlicher (1842); *Pritchardia* Rabenhorst (1864) may also be named for him but Rabenhorst does not give the etymology. *Note*: *Pritchardia* B.C. Seemann et H. Wendland ex H. Wendland (1862) was named for William Pritchard, British Consul in the Fiji Islands; *Pritchardiopsis* Beccari (1910) and *Pritchardites* E. Bureau (1896) are related to *Pritchardia* B.C. Seemann et H. Wendland ex H. Wendland; *Pritchardioxylon* Drude (1897) is a substitute name for *Pritchardia* Unger ex Endlicher. ### Publications ##### n.8348. The natural history of animalcules **Title** *The natural history of animalcules*: containing descriptions of all the known species of infusoria; with instructions for procuring and viewing them, &c.... London (Whittaker and Co....) 1834. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Nat. hist. animalc.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Apr 1834 (plates so dated), frontisp., p. \[i\], \[1\]-194, *pl*. \[*1-6*\] (uncol. liths. auct. dated). *Copy*: FH. *Ed. 2*: 1843 (pref. Jun 1843), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-83, *pl. 1-12* (id.). *Copy*: FH. – "A general history of animalcules,... second edition" London (Whittaker and Co.,...), Dublin (Hodges and Smith) 1843. Oct. ##### n.8349. A history of Infusoria **Title** *A history of Infusoria*, living and fossil: arranged according to "Die Infusionsthierchen" of C.G. Ehrenberg... London (Whittaker and Co.) 1842. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hist. Infus.* **Notes** *Based on*: Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876), *Infusionsthierchen* Jul-Aug 1838, TL-2/1638. *Publ*.: 1842 (p. vi: Jun 1841), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-439, *pl. 1-12* (col. or uncol. liths. F. Bauer, Unger). *Copies*: FH, LC. *Re-issue*: 1845 (note: Apr 1845), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-439, *pl. 1-12* (id.). *Copy*: FH. *Ed. 2*: 1849, p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-439, \[440\], *pl. 1-12* (id.). *Copy*: USDA. – Second edition. London (id.) 1849. Oct. *Ed*. \[*3*\]: 1852, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-704, \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-24* (uncol. liths.). *Copy*: USDA. – *A history of infusorial animalcules*, living and fossil:... a new edition, enlarged. London (id.) 1852. Oct. *Ed. 4*: 1861 (p. v: 15 Nov 1860), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-968, *40 pl*. (mostly uncol liths.). *Copy*: US. – London (Whittaker and Co.,...) 1861. Oct.