> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 118](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259164) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/17864-1) LSID 17864-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18984122) QID Q18984122 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Deakin, Richard|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Deakin, Richard (1808/09-1873), British physician and botanist, MD. Pisa 1838, practised at Sheffield, died at Tunbridge Wells. **Abbreviated name**: *Deakin* \[standard form in IPNI: *Deakin*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (lichens, fungi, drawings 1500), further material at [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection SALT|SALT]]. – Letters at [[Collection K|K]]. – Drawings and mss. of lichens purchased from R.R. Hutchinson 3 Jul 1907, in 10 boxes in [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 429 (d. 18 Feb 1873); BB p. 87; BL 2: 247, 359, 645; BM 5: 431; CSP 2: 185, 7: 500; Desmond p. 179; GR p. 370; GR cat. p. 62; IF p. 692; IH 2: 155; Jackson p. 537 (index); Kew 2: 36; LS 6687; NI 455; PR 2079-2080, ed. 1: 2160; Rehder 1: 398, 402, 427; Saccardo 1: 61;; SBC p. 118; TL-2/1: 603-604; Tucker 1: 190. #### Biofile - Allen, D.E., The Victorian fern craze 38. 1969. - Anon., Paxton's Mag. Bot. 3(26): 39-40. Mar 1836 (first issue); J. Bot. 11: 128 Apr 1873 (brief obit.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.310, 229.462. 1980. - Hawksworth, D.L. and M.R.D. Seaward, Lichenology Brit. Isl. 1568-1975: 12. 1977. - Kent, D.H., British herbaria 51. 1952. - Kent, D.H. and D.E. Allen, British and Irish herbaria 127. 1984. - Laundon, J.R., Lichenologist 11: 8. 1979. - Murray, G., Hist. Coll. BMNH 1: 143. 1904 (1500 specimen for the herbarium, presented by Horatio Piggot in 1889). #### Note Of "Fl. Collosseum", TL-2/1: no. 1321 also exists a re-issue of 1873. *Copy*: G. ### Publications ##### n.29.306. botanist's manual **Title** The *botanist's manual*: comprising a complete list of the British flowering plants and ferns... London (Groombridge) \[1836\]. 16-mo. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. manual*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1836, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-107. – Fide R.B. Freeman, Brit. Hist. Books 1495-1900, Folkstone 1980. – Not seen by us. ##### n.29.307. Florigraphia britannica **Title** *Florigraphia britannica*; or, engravings and descriptions of the flowering plants & ferns of Britain... Part. I. – Classes I. to V.... London (R. Groombridge) 1841. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Florigr. brit.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1835-1848 (published in monthly parts). *1* (Classes I to V): \[1835\]-1841 (first part Aug 1835), on t.p., but p. \[i\]-iv (preface signed 30 Jun 1848 \[sic\]), *1* col. *pl*. frontisp., p. \[1\]-460, *pl. 1-524* (on pages with 6 pl. each), Synopsis of genera p. \[1\]-30, \[index \[1\]-16\]. – *Note*: All plates hand coloured. *2* (Classes VI to XV): 1845, (on t.p., Börsenblatt 16 Sep 1845), p. \[i, t.p.\], 461-930, *pl. 525-1076* (6 pl./page), p. \[1-25, Synopsis of genera\], index \[1-14\]. *3* (Classes XVI to XXIII): 1847, (on t.p.), p. \[i, t.p.\], \[931\]-1304, Synopsis of genera p. \[1-13\], Index p. \[1-14\]. *pl. 1077-1566* (6/page). *4* (Class XXIV): 1848, (on t.p., mentioned in Börsenblatt 13 Jun 1848), p. \[i, t.p.\], \[9\]-136, \[1-10 Synopsis\], supplement \[1\]-80, glossary \[i\]-xxiv, *pl. 1567-1625* (6/page). – Contained *The ferns of Britain*, also issued separately. *Copies*: L (1-4), MO (1-4), NY (1-3 with uncoloured plates). *Edition 1857*: (London (Groombridge and sons...)). *1* (*Classes* i-v): 1857 (p. v signed 20 Mar 1857), p. \[i-xlii\], \[1\]-460, \[index i\*-xiv\*\], *pl. 1-524* (col. or uncol. liths. mostly 6 per page). *2* (*Classes* vi-xv): 1857, p. \[i-xxviii\], 461-930, \[index i\*-xiv\*\], *pl. 525-1076* (id.). *3* (*Classes* xvi-xxiii\*): 1857, p. \[i\*-xxviii\], \[931\]-1304, p. \[1\]-80 (suppl.) \[i\]-xxix glossary, index \[i\*\*-xiii\*\*\], *pl. 1077-1566* (id.). *4* (*Class* xxiv): 1857, p. \[i-xi\], \[1\]-136, \[137-140 index\], *pl. 1567-1625* (1 or more per page). – Also issued separately as "*The ferns of Britain* and their allies..." 1857. *Copies*: B (pl. uncol.), BR, HH, MO, NY. *Note*: There also exists a copy of Vol. 1 issued in 1837, prior to the publication in monthly parts as mentioned above: p. \[1\]-2 (insert), \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-460, *524 pl*., authors R. Deakin and R. Marnock. *Copy*: MO. It is not known to us whether the other volumes were also issued prior to 1841, Rehder 1: 214 also mentions but 1 volume.