> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 90](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258568) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64952) QID Q64952 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Gadow, Hans Friedrich \[Friedrick\] (1855-1928), German-born British zoologist whose knowledge of birds, reptiles, amphibians and plants contributed to systematics, evolution and biogeography, born 8 Mar 1855 in Krakow Schlawe (now Alt-Krakow bei Schlawe), Farther Pomerania, where his father was Inspector of the Prussian Royal Forests, from 1875 studied natural science at Berlin Univ., Ph.D. 1878 Jena (under E. Haeckel), research asst. in zoology, BMNH 1880, trustee and curator of the Strickland Foundation for Birds, Zoology Museum, Cambridge Univ. 1882, naturalized 1884, lecturer, King's College, Cambridge 1884, F.R.S. 1892, visited Mexico with his wife 1904, reader in vertebrate morphology, King's College 1920, died 26 \[16?\] Mai 1928 nr. Cambridge, England. **Abbreviated name**: *Gadow* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (ca. 200). – Mss. in the Amer. Philos. Soc (Hans Gadow papers) and in the Natural History Museum, London. #### Bibliography and biography Biol.-Dokum. 6: 75.953-75.965; BM 2: 633, 6: 353; CSP 9: 952, 15: 180-181; Hirsch p. 92; IH 2: 214; Kew 2: 361; Langman p. 296; NDB 6: 14 (d. "16 Mai"); Tucker 1: 267, 3: 113. #### Biofile - Adler, K., 1989. Contr. hist. Herpetology: 154; 2007. Id., vol. 2: 109-110. (handwr., portr.) (d. "16 Mai") - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., 1980. Nat. hist. manuscript resources British Isles: 402. (index) - G., J.S., 1928. Nature 121: 874. (obit.) - Jones, G.N., 1966. An annotated bibl. Mexican ferns: 72. - Knobloch, I.W., 1983. Phytologia Mem. 6: 29. - McVaugh, R., 1972. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 9(3): 235-236. - P\[almer\]., T.S., 1928. Auk 45: 538-539. - Thorpe, W.H., \[1976\]. The early Cambridge Bird Club: recollections of ornithologists and other naturalists, \[Cambridge\] (Cambridge Bird Club): 16 p. (ined.) (n.v.) - W\[atson\]., D.M.S., 1931. Proc. Roy. Soc. London, ser. B, 107: i-iii. (portr. facing p. i.) (d. "16 Mai") - Wright, A.H., 1949. Herpetologica 5, Suppl. 1: 19. (as "Friederick") - Wynne, O.E., 1969. Biogr. key-names birds of the world: 71. #### Composite works Gadow, H., *Through southern Mexico*. Being an account of the travels of a naturalist... 1908. *Note*: The frontisp. is a phot. of Gadow on a mule. ### Publications ##### n.35.907. northern Spain **Title** In *northern Spain*... London (Adam and Charles Black) 1897. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Northern Spain*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1897 (pref. p. ix dated 28 Aug 1897), frontisp. (uncol. draw.), p. \[i\]-xvi, 1-421, \[i-ii, adverts.\], *10 pl*. (unnumb., uncol. draw., phot. or maps), 1 map (fold.). *Copies*: BM, HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO, USDA. *Note*: Chapter 19 (p. \[383\]-397) "Notes on the flora of northern Spain". ##### n.35.908. Altitude **Title** *Altitude* and *distribution* of *plants* in southern *Mexico*... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal–Botany... 1909. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Feb 1909 (in journal, read 18 Jun 1908), p. \[429\]-440. *Copy*: K. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38(268): 429-440. 1909. *Note*: Communicated by A\[lfred\]. B\[arton\]. Rendle (1865-1938), see TL-2/4: 727-730 and IH 2: 749. ##### n.35.909. Jorullo **Title** *Jorullo*. The history of the volcano of Jorullo and the reclamation of the devastated district by animals and plants... Cambridge (University Press) 1930. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1930, p. \[i\]-xviii, frontisp. (uncol. phot. of Gadow), p. \[1\]-100, *1 pl*. (=figs. 1-2, uncol. phot.), 1 map (uncol., fold.). *Copies*: BM, HH (n.v.), K, LC (n.v.), MO(2) (n.v.), USDA. *Note*: (1) Although not cited in the index, there is a chapter (p. 22-48) on plants. (2) Published posthumously and edited by Philip Lake (1865-1949), a geologist. *Ref*.: M.I.N., Geogr. J. (London) 77(3): 283-284. Mar 1931 (rev.). - Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 64(Lit.): 31. 26 Oct 1931 (rev.).