> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 76](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266383) of TL-2 Suppl. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1144-1) LSID 1144-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6146095) QID Q6146095 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Briggs, Thomas Richard Archer|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Briggs, Thomas Richard Archer (1838-1891), British botanist, born at Fursdon (nr. Plymouth), from 1844/1845 his family moved to Plymouth where he lived for the rest of his life, of independent means, dedicated himself to the botany of the area of Plymouth, ultimately moving again to Fursdon. **Abbreviated name**: *Briggs* \[standard form in IPNI: *Briggs*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (incl. *Rubus*), further material in [[Collection AK|AK]], [[Collection BM|BM]] (1602), [[Collection GL|GL]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection NOT|NOT]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PLY|PLY]] (destroyed), [[Collection WAR|WAR]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 5(4): 33; Barnhart 1: 251; BB p. 45; BL 2: 235; BM 1: 235; Bossert p. 53; Clokie p. 138; CSP 1: 626, 7: 259-260, 9: 349; Desmond p. 88 (b. 7 Mai 1838, d. 23 Jan 1891); IH 2: 96; Jackson p. 258; Kew 1: 360; Morren ed. 10, p. 76; Rehder 5(index): 120; TL-2/1: 326 and see indexes. #### Biofile - Britten. J., J. Bot. 18: 281-285. Sep 1880. - Davey, F.H., Fl. Cornwall li. 1909 (portr.). - Kent, D.H., Brit. herbaria 45. 1957. - Kent. D.H. and D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herbaria 101. 1984. - Martin, W.K. and G.T. Fraser, Fl. Devon 774. 1939. - Moyle Rogers, W., J. Bot. 29: 97-106. 1891 (main biogr., portr.). - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 64. 1981 (2 letters of B. to J.G. Baker at HU). - Watson, H.C., Topographical botany ed. 2. 539. 1883. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 76. 1905 (on portr.). #### Composite works - (1) Contributed to H.C. Watson, *London cat. Brit. pl.* ed. 6. 1887.