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### Author
Donkin, Arthur Scott, (*fl*. 1858-1873), British diatomologist and lecturer in medical jurisprudence at Durham.
**Abbreviated name**: *Donkin* \[standard form in IPNI: *Donkin*\]
#### Collections
BM.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 464; BB p. 93; CSP 2: 318, 7: 348.
- De Toni, Sylloge algarum 2: xxxvi 1891 (bibl.)
#### Eponymy
*Donkinia* Ralfs (1861).
### Publications
##### n.1504. The natural history of the British Diatomaceae
**Title**
*The natural history of the British Diatomaceae*. Illustrated with plates by Mr. Tuffen West, F.L.S. London (John van Voorst) 1870-1873, 3 parts. Qu. †.
**Abbreviated title**: *Nat. hist. Brit.* *Diatom.*
**Notes**
*1*: \[1\]-24, *pl. 1-4* with text, 1 Nov 1870.
*2*: 25-48, *pl. 5-8*, with text, June 1871.
*3*: 49-74, *pl. 9-12.* with text, July 1873.
*Copies*: UC (covers dated, text as above, parts priced at 5s), PCS (covers undated, ills.
not mentioned on them, parts priced at 2s 6d.)
*Ref*.: BM 1: 472.