> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 1021](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190492) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12806-1) LSID 12806-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311223) QID Q311223 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sabine, \[Sir\] Edward (1788-1883), British (Dublin-born) astronomer, geophysicist, zoologist and explorer; brother of Joseph Sabine; astronomer to arctic expeditions led by J. Ross (1818) and W.E. Parry 1819-1820; collected plants in Melville Island and Greenland; president Royal Society 1861-1871. **Abbreviated name**: *E. Sabine* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.Sabine*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]]; further material at [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection FI|FI]]. – Letters at [[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 2(1): 438; Backer p. 266; Barnhart 3: 197; BM 4: 1777; Bret. p. 251-252; CSP 5: 351-354, 8: 805-806, 11: 251; Dawson p. 727; Desmond p. 536 (b. 14 Oct 1788, d. 26 Jun 1883); DNB 50: 74-78; IH 2: (files); Lasègue p. 324, 326, 329, 373, 396, 457; PR 4214, ed. 1: 4652, 4787; TL-2/2994. #### Biofile - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 123. 1967. - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 2: 1909. 1878. - Anon., Proc. R. Soc. London 51: xliii-li. 1892 (obit.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 75.49, 143.21, 278.37. 1980. - Embacher, F., Lexik. Reisen 256-257. 1882. - Fletcher, H.R., The story of the Royal Hort. Soc. 1804-1968, 67, 95-96, 100. 1969. - Huxley, L., Life letters J.D. Hooker 1: 15, 42, 49, 145, 2: 75, 127, 133, 149. 1918. - Lemmon, K., Golden age plant hunters 125, 176. 1968. - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 179. 1904. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 728-730. 1863, 3: 1158. 1898 (bibl.). #### Composite works - (1) W.J. Hooker, *Some account of a collection of arctic plants formed by Edward Sabine*... Trans. Linn. Soc. 14: 360-394, *pl. 13.* 1824. See TL-2/2994 and... (W.E. Parry 1824). - (2) See also W.E. Parry, J. Voy. North-West Passage, suppl. to appendix p. cclxi-cccx. 1824 and R. Brown, *Chlor. melvill.* 1823. The plants from Melville Island were collected by E. Sabine. See TL-2/831.