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### Author
Parkinson, James (1755-1824), English surgeon, apothecary and palaeontologist at Hoxton, East London.
**Abbreviated name**: *Js. Parkinson* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.Parkinson*\]
#### Collections
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 311; Barnhart 3: 50; BB p. 236; BM 4: 1523; CSP 4: 760; Desmond p. 479; DNB 43: 314-315; HU 764; Jackson p. 176; PR 6932 (ed. 1: 7747); Quenstedt p. 328.
#### Biofile
- Allen, D.E., The naturalist in Britain 68-69, 71. 1976.
- Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 1508. 1870 (bibl.).
- Andrews, H.N., The fossil hunters 53-55. 1980.
- Anon., Encycl. brit. ed. 11. 20: 832. 1911.
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 72.2. 1980.
- Thackray, J.C., J. Soc. Bibl. Nat. Hist. 7(4): 451-466. 1976 (major treatise of his *Organic remains*).
- Ward, Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Survey 5: 401-402. 1885.
- Zittel, K.A. v., Hist. Geol. Palaeontol. 127, 118, 129, 130, 386, 389, 405. 1901.
#### Note
For a major treatise (bibliography, dates, notes) of the *Organic remains of a former world* 1804-1811 (3 vols.; botany in vol. 1) see Thackray (1976). In view of Thackray's extensive treatment we refrain from treating this work in any detail.
### Publications
##### n.7343. Organic remains of a former world
**Title**
*Organic remains of a former world*. An examination of the mineralized remains of the vegetables and animals of the antediluvian world; generally termed extraneous fossils... The first volume; containing the vegetable kingdom. London (printed by C. Whittingham,... and published by J. Robson,...) 1804. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Organ. remains*.
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: Jul 1804 (Thackray (1976)), p. \[i\]-xii, 1-471, \[473-479\], 11 copper engr. (except for frontisp. handcol.).
*Further editions*: ed. 2 (early 1811), ed. 3 (late 1819 or 1820), ed. 4 (1833), see Thackray (1976).