> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 282](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265959) of TL-2 Suppl. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/32786-1) LSID 32786-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18521231) QID Q18521231 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Comber, Thomas (1837-1902), British merchant and botanist, born at Pernambuco, Brazil, settled in Liverpool, Manchester and Parkgate-Cheshire. **Abbreviated name**: *Comber* \[standard form in IPNI: *Comber*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (Diatoms, 2.936 micr.-slides, 2.225 phot.), further material in [[Collection DBN|DBN]] (phanerog. from Switzerland 1873), [[Collection LIV|LIV]] ([[Collection LIVU|LIVU]])(phanerog.). – Letters at [[Collection BM|BM]], illustrated descriptive catalogue of photos, slides, herb. material also at [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 370 (b. 14 Nov 1837, Pernambuco, Brazil, d. 24 Jan 1902, Blackpool, Lancs., England); BB p. 71; BM 1: 370; CSP 2: 26, 7: 419, 9: 558, 14: 320; Desmond p. 144; De Toni 1: xxv, 2: xxvi, 4: xiii; IH 2: 135; Jackson p. 227, 230; Kew 1: 593; KR p. 131; Rehder 1: 349, 402. #### Biofile - Anon., J. Bot. 40: 208 (death announced), 386-388. 1902 (obit., portr.), 41: 371. 1903, Proc. Linn. Soc. London Sess. 114: 31-33. 1902 (obit.); Hedwigia 41(4)(Beibl.): (166). 5 Aug 1902 (d. 24 Jan 1902); Bot. Not. 1903: 34 (d.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229-462. 1980. - Comber, J., J. Roy. Microsc. Soc. 1902: 158 (obit. note). - Dallmann, A.A. and M.H. Wood, Trans. Liverpool Bot. Soc. 1: 65-66. 1909 (publ.). - Deby, J., Bibl. microsc. microgr. stud. 3: 11. 1882. - Heywood, V.H., Taxon 5(1): 10. 1956. - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 80. 1972. - Kent, D.H., Brit. Herb. 49. 1957. - Kent, D.H. and D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 117. 1984 (material at LIV from LIVU). - Koster, J. Th., Taxon 18: 550 1969 (Diat. at BM). - Murray, G., Hist. Coll. Nat. Hist. Depts. BM 1: 141. 1904 (brief descr. of collections). - Nelson, E.C., Glasra 4: 43. 1980 (Swiss phanerog. of 1873 in DBN). - VanLandingham, S.L., Cat. Diat. 4: 2301. 1971, 6: 3520-3521. 1978, 7: 4160. 1978. #### Composite works - (1): *Diatomaceae* fide F. Welwitsch *in* W.P. Hiern, *Cat. Afr. plants* 2(2): 382-395. 1901 (see also TL-2/2747). – Review: E.S. Gepp née Barton, Bot. Centralbl. 90(43): 28 Oct 1902. - (2) *Diatoms* in *Handbook of Natural History of Glasgow* (and the West of Scotland), Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1901: 31-48. - (3) *Notes on the Atlantic Diatomaceae, in* George Murray, J. Bot. 41: 275-277. 1903. - (4) On the *occurrence of endocysts in* the genus *Thalassiosira*... Trans. Micrsoc. Soc. 1896: 489-491. - (5) *The etymology of plant names*... Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. Ches. 1876: 15-68; 1877: 43-80; 1878: 43-78. - (6) *The limits of species in the Diatomaceae*... J. Roy. Microsc. Soc. 1897: 455-466. ### Publications ##### n.27.068. dispersion of British plants **Title** The *dispersion of British plants*. A paper read before the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire... 1874. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Dispers. Brit. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 22 Jan 1874 (date on cover-t.p., possibly published before that in the journal mentioned), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-24. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. Ches. 1874: 47-74, see also J. Bot. ser. 2. 3: 248-255. 1874. *Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 21(Bibl.): 170-172. Sep 1874. ##### n.27.069. Geographical statistics **Title** *Geographical statistics* of the *Extra-British European flora*... Liverpool (T. Brakell, printer,...) 1875. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1875 (read 4 Mar 1875), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-20. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. Ches. 1875: 13-32, *also* later published in J. Bot. 15: 22-26. Jan, 115-117. Apr, 148-151. Mai, 183-185. Jun, 210-212. Jul 1877.