> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 337](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068579) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4125-1) LSID 4125-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018093) QID Q3018093 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Hosack, David (1769-1835), American physician; Dr. med. Pennsylvania Medical College 1791; from 1796-1797 botanist at Columbia College; practicing physician at New York almost until his death. **Abbreviated name**: *Hosack* \[standard form in IPNI: *Hosack*\] #### Herbarium and types Almost certainly destroyed by fire, 21 Mai 1866, at the New York Lyceum of Natural History. Hosack's herbarium included material from the Linnaean herbarium. Part of his library went to [[Collection NY|NY]]. Mss at American Philosophical Society and Royal Society; letters at [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. *Ref*.: Vail, J. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 22-26. 1900. - Robbins, Proc. Amer, philos. Soc. 184: 293-313. 1960 (on H's herbarium and its Linnaean specimens). - Dawson, W. R., Smith papers 55. 1934. #### Bibliography and biography AG 6(2): 664; Barnhart 2: 205; BB p. 155; BM 2: 879; Bossert p. 182; CSP 3: 444; Dawson p. 430, 768; Desmond p. 323; DSB 6: 521; Jackson p. 65, 449; Kew 3: 39; Langman p. 376; Lenley p. 230-231; ME 1: 196, 3: 599-600; PR 4278-4281 (ed. I: 4716-4718); Rehder 5: 407; Tucker 1: 352. - Anon., Amer. J. Sci. Arts 29: 395-396. 1836. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 5, 6, 7, 38, 132, 148. 1969. - Geiser, S. W., Naturalists frontier 243. 1948. - Graustein, J. E., Thomas Nuttall 468 \[index\]. 1967. - Hedrick, U. P., Hist. hort. America 67-68, 424, 505. 1950. - House, H. D., Bibl. bot. N. Y. State 1751-1940, p. 19. 1942. - Kelly, H. A., Cycl. Amer. med. biogr. 2: 12-13. 1912; Some American medical botanists 97-103. 1914 (and 1929). - Kelly, H. A. and W. L. Burrage, Amer. med. biogr. 561-562. 1920. - Murrill, W. A., Hist. found, botany Florida 11. 1945. - Phillips, V. T. and M. E., Guide mss. Coll. Acad. Phila. p. 29, 364. 1963. - Robbins, C. C., David Hosack, citizen of New York. Philadelphia 1964, vii, 246 p. (portr., bibl.) (Mem. Amer, philos. Soc. 62, 1964). - Rodgers, A. D., John Torrey 18-21, 28-29, 66, 291. 1942. - Rusby, H. H., Torreya 6: 103-104. 1906. - Wittrock, V. B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 179. 1903. - Youmans, W. J., Pioneers sci. Amer. 100-110. 1896 (portr.). #### Eponymy *Hosackia* Douglas ex Bentham (1829). ### Publications ##### n.3059. A catalogue of plants **Title** *A catalogue of plants* contained in the botanic garden *at Elgin*, in the vicinity of New York. Established in 1801. By David Hosack, M. D.,... New York (printed by T. & J. Swords,...) 1806. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. Elgin*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1806, p. \[1\]-29. *Copies*: Ewan, MO, Libr. Congress. – For ed. 2 see below, *Hortus elginensis*, no. 3061. ##### n.3060. A statement of facts relative to the establishment and progress of the Elgin botanic garden **Title** *A statement of facts relative to the establishment and progress of the Elgin botanic garden*, and the subsequent disposal of the same to the State of New York. By David Hosack, M. D... New York (printed by C. S. van Winkle...) 1811. Oct. (in fours). **Abbreviated title**: *Statem. Elgin bot. gard.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1811 (p. 4: 12 Mar 1811), p. \[1\]-56. *Copies*: Ewan, MO. ##### n.3061. Hortus elginensis **Title** *Hortus elginensis*: or a catalogue of plants indigenous and exotic, cultivated in the Elgin botanic garden, in the vicinity of the city of New York. Established in 1801, by David Hosack,... second edition enlarged. New York (printed by T. & J. Swords,...) 1811. Qu. (in twos). **Abbreviated title**: *Hort. elgin.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1811 (p. x: 12 Mar 1811), frontisp., p. \[i\]-\[xii\], \[1\]-65, \[66, note.\]. *Copies*: MO, Library of Congress. – Second edition of the above *Catalogue*, no. 3059.