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### Author
Kitton, Frederic (1827-1895), British diatomist and microscopist.
**Abbreviated name**: *Kitton* \[standard form in IPNI: *Kitton*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BM|BM]].
*Exsiccatae*: *Norfolk diatoms*, see i-iv, nos. 1-100, 1885 (but see Sayre). Sets at [[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection FH|FH]].
*Ref*.: Kitton, Trans. Norfolk Norwich Nat. Soc. 3: 754-770. 1884.
- Newton, Phycol. Bull. 1: 17. 1952.
- Koster, Taxon 18: 554. 1969.
- Sayre, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(1): 83. 1969.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 296; BB p. 176 (b. 24 Apr 1827); BM 2: 988; CSP 8: 83, 10: 407, 12: 387, 16: 249; Desmond p. 363 (b. 24 Apr 1827); IH 2: 364; Kew 3: 270.
- Anon., Bot. Not. 1896: 44.
- Deby, J., Bibl. microsc. microgr. studies, 3, 29, 34-35. 1882.
- De Toni, G. B., Syll. Alg. 1: lxix-lxx. 1898, 2: xxiv, lx, lxx-lxxii, cxxv, cxxvi. 1891, 4: xxxii.
- Kitton, F. G., Frederic Kitton, a memoir with a portrait and bibliography. London 1895, 26 p. (copy at FH).
- Mottram, Trans. Norfolk Norwich Natur. Soc. 6: 201-203. 1899.
- Van Heurck, Bull. Soc. belge Micr. 21: 189-191. 1894; Le Diatomiste 2: 201-204. 1896 (bibl., portr.).
#### Eponymy
*Kittonia* E. Grove & G. Sturt (1887).