> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 423](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266730) of TL-2 Suppl. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1420-1) LSID 1420-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21062909) QID Q21062909 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Carrington, Benjamin|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Carrington, Benjamin (1827-1893), British physician and bryologist, born at Lincoln, studied at Liverpool and at the University of Edinburgh, apprenticed at Liverpool, graduated M.R.C.S. Eng. 1850 and M.D. Edinburgh 1851, practised at Radcliffe near Manchester and subsequently at Lincoln, Yeadon, Southport and Eccles, Medical officer of Health 1871-1891, ultimately at Brighton. **Abbreviated name**: *Carrington* \[standard form in IPNI: *Carrington*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]] (see TL-2/1: 460 for further information on his exsiccatae, *Hepaticae britannicae exsiccatae* 1878-1890 (see Schuster 1966, p. 26 and Note (3) below). – Other material: *British Hepaticae* 1874-1875, and tributed to Rabenhorst, *Bryotheca* & *Hepaticae* (Ireland); [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]]([[Collection FH|FH]]), [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection S|S]]. *Letters* at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection K|K]]. *Portrait*: Manchester University. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 315 (b. 15 Jan 1827, d. 18 Jan 1893); BB p. 59; BL 2: 275, 638; BM 1: 320; 3: 1303; Clokie p. 143; CSP 1: 799, 7: 339, 9: 453, 14: 80; Desmond p. 119 (b. 18 Jan 1827, Lincoln, d. 18 Jan 1893, Brighton, Sussex); GR p. 369; GR cat. p. 61; IH 2: 117; Jackson p. 154, 242, 247, 262, 367; Kew 1: 484; LS 4688-4691; Morren ed. 10, p. 75; Rehder 5(index): 159; SBC p. 117; TL-2/1: 460, and see indexes; Urban-Berl. p. 296. #### Biofile - Anon., J. Bot. 31: 63. 1893 (note on death); Bot. Not. 1894: 46 (d.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. resourc. brit. isl. 42.3. 1980. - Dallman, A.A. and M.H. Wood, Trans. Liverpool Bot. Soc. 1: 63-64. 1909 (bibl.). - Hawksworth, D.L. and M.R.D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 1568-1975: 20, 197. 1977. - Hedge, I.C. and J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinburgh 67. 1970. - Kent, D.H., Brit. Herb. 47. 1953. - Kent, D.H. and D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish Herb. 110. 1984 (herb). - Laundon, J.R., Lichenologist 11: 7. 1979. - Lett, H.W., Proc. roy. Irish Acad. 32 (sect. B): 75. 1915 (on C's mosses in Ireland). - Pearson, W.H., J. Bot. 31: 63, 120-122. Apr 1893 \[reprint p. 1-3\] (obit., b. 18 Jan 1827 at Lincoln, d. 18 Jan 1893, Brighton), Rev. bryol. 20: 62-64. 1893, Proc. roy. Soc. Edinburgh 20: i-v. 1895 (obit., list main publ.). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(2): 189. 1971 (exsicc.); Bryologist 80(3): 505-506. 1977. - Schuster, R.M., Hep. Anthoc. N. Amer. 1: 26. 1966. - Shaw, G.A., Naturalist 924: 6-7. 1973. - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gotting. 34. 1982. #### Composite works - (1) L.C. Miall, *Fl. West Riding* 1862, Cryptogams by B. Carrington, TL-2/5950. - (2) *British Hepaticae* by Carrington, *in* C.F. Hopkirk and H. Baswell, *The London Catalogue of British mosses*, ed. 2. 1881 (BM 1: 320). #### Notes - (1) *Hepaticae in Robert Browns Florula discoana*, Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 9: 453-454. 1868. - (2) *Dr. Grays arrangement of the Hepaticae*, id. 10: 305-309. 1870. - (3) For data on *Hepaticae britannicae exsiccatae* fasc. 1-4, nos 1-209, Manchester 1878-1890, see G. Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(2): 189. 1971. - (4) Carrington published also *Notes on Cyperaceae*: No. 1 in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7: 259-262. 1863 and No. 2 ib. 7: 320-323. 1863. ### Publications ##### n.24.869. Irish Cryptogams **Title** Gleanings among the *Irish Cryptogams*... From the Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh... London (William Pamplin...) 1863. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1863, cover-t.p., p. \[i\], \[ii\], \[1\]-31, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. liths.). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7: 370-373, 379-388, 441-458, *pl. 10-11.* 1863. ##### n.24.870. British Hepaticae **Title** *British Hepaticae*: containing descriptions and figures of the native species of Jungermannia, Marchantia, and Anthoceros... London (Robert Hardwicke,...) \[1874\]. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Brit. Hepat.* **Notes** *Publ*.: \[*Part I*\]: Jan-Mai 1874, p. \[1\]-24, *pl. i-iv.* \[*Part II*\]: 1874, p. 25-48, *pl. v-viii.* \[*Part III*\]: 1875, p. 49-64, *pl*. 9-12. *Errata slip* \[with part iv\]: "In consequence of the indisposition of the author, the present part is eight pages short of the usual amount of letter press, the next part will contain eight press extra". \[*Part IV*\]: 1876, p. 65-88, *pl. 13-16.* *Copies*: G, MO, NY. – See also BM 1: 320. *Note*: p. 88 ends in the middle of a sentence \[sic\], the work was never finished. *Ref*.: Hardwicke, R., J. Bot. 11: 352. 1873 (announced *British Hepaticae* in 12 parts \[sic\], plates by J.F. Sowerby). - W.C., J. Bot. 12: 188-189. Jun 1874 (rev. of part I). ##### n.24.871. New British Hepaticae **Title** *New British Hepaticae*... Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh... 1879. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: William Henry Pearson (1849-1953), see TL-2/4: 132-134. *Cover*: \[1879\], p. \[i\] (cover for two papers in one reprint). *Publ*. (1): 1879 (read 10 Jul 1879), "*Discovery of Harpanthus Flotovianus in Scotland* by W.H. Pearson. Communicated by Dr. Carrington", p. \[443\]-447, *pl. 15.* – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 13: 443-447, *pl. 15.* 1879. - (2): 1879 *Notes on New British Hepaticae*... by B. Carrington, p. 461-470, *pl. 17* (in text "*pl. 18*"). – Id. p. 461-470, *pl. 16-18.* *Copies*: B, G. *Ref*.: J., Hedwigia 20(10): 158-159. 1881 (rev.). ##### n.24.872. Hepaticae **Title** List of *Hepaticae* collected by Mr. *Thomas Whitelegge* in New South Wales 1884-5. ... From... Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales... 1887. Oct. **Notes** *Collector*: Thomas Whitelegge (1850-1927), see IH 2: 1149. *Co-author*: William Henry Pearson (1849-1923), see TL-2/4: 132-134. *Publ*.: 28 Dec 1887 (date on p. \[1035\]), p. \[1035\]-1060, *pl. 22-37* (uncol. liths.). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. ser. 2. 2: 1035-1060, *pl. 22-37.* 1887. *Ref*.: Husnot, T., Rev. bryol. 15(4): 63. 1888 (note). ##### n.24.873. A new Hepatic **Title** *A new Hepatic*... Reprinted from the "Journal of Botany"... 1889. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: William Henry Pearson (1849-1953), see TL-2/4: 132-134. *Publ*.: Aug 1889 (in journal), p. (1), *pl. 290.* *Copies*: B, G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Bot. 27: 225, *pl. 290.* 1889.