> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 73](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265270) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/35220-1) LSID 35220-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517936) QID Q517936 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Bennett, George (1804-1893), British physician and naturalist, born at Plymouth, went to Ceylon 1819 (sic), studied in England (M.R.C.S. 1828), surgeon to a merchant vessel, 1828 visited Australia, revisited Australia 1832, settled as practicing physician in Sydney 1836, a founder of the Australian Museum, M.D. Glasgow 1859. **Abbreviated name**: *G. Benn.* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.Benn.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. – Letters at Kew; journal and letters at Mitchell Library, Sydney. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 162; BB p. 29; BM 1: 135; CSP 1: 273-274, 7: 138, 9: 190, 12: 69, 13: 447; Desmond p. 57; IH 2: 68; Jackson p. 199, 398, 400; Kew 1: 214; LS 2272a; Morren ed. 10, p. 149; PR ed. 1: 712; Quenstedt p. 32; Rehder 1: 302, 499; SK 1: 50; Tucker 1: 73. #### Biofile - Anon., Leopoldina 29: 212. 1893 (obit. not.); J. Bot. 32: 31. Jan 1894 (d.), 32: 191. Jun 1894 (obit., b. Plymouth 31 Jan 1804, d. Sydney 29 Sep 1893); Manuscr. Pap. Brit. Sci. 1600-1940 (Guides to sources for British history no. 2). 8-9. 1982. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 271.42, 271.44. 1980. - Carr, D.J. and S.G.M., eds., People and plants in Australia 43, 203, 218, 250. 1981. - Cleland, J.B., Med. J. Austral. 29 Apr 1950, p. 554-555. - Coppleson, V.M., Bull. Post.-grad. Comm. Med., Univ. Sydney 2(9). Dec 1955. - Gilbert, L., Royal bot. Gard. Sydney 59, 66, 82, 97, 105, 113, 197. 1988. - Gordon-Taylor, G., Austral. New Zeal. J. Surgery 17: 87-91. 1947. - Maiden, J.H., J. Proc. R. Soc. N.S.W. 42: 84. 1908; Rep. 13th Meeting Australas. Ass. Adv. Sci. 1912: 225. - Musgrave, A., Bibl. Austral. entom. 18. 1932. - Vidler, E.A., Vict. Natural. 45: 207-208. 1928. ### Publications ##### n.20.857. Gatherings of a naturalist in Australasia **Title** *Gatherings of a naturalist in Australasia*: being observations principally on the animal and vegetable productions of New South Wales, New Zealand and some of the Austral Islands... London (John van Voorst,...) 1860. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Gath. natural. Australasia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1860, frontisp. \[*pl. 1*\], p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-456, *pl. 2-8* (col. liths. in text). *Copy*: L.