> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 496](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333635) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9453-1) LSID 9453-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716834) QID Q716834 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Selby, Prideaux John (1788-1867), British naturalist; M.A. Durham 1839; high sheriff, Northumberland 1823; mainly devoting himself to ornithology, forestry and entomology. **Abbreviated name**: *P. Selby* \[standard form in IPNI: *P.Selby*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown; letters in Winch corr. at Linnean Society. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 525; Barnhart 3: 258; BB p. 272; BM 4: 1895-1896; Bossert p. 359; Desmond p. 550 (b. 23 Jul 1758, d. 27 Mar 1867); DNB 51: 210-211 (17: 1148-1149); DSB 51: 210-211; Herder p. 382; Jackson p. 245; Lenley p. 365; NI 3: 62, 1829n; PR 8598, ed. 1: 9549; Rehder 1: 393; Tucker 1: 644. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 2: 1991. 1878. - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 218: 611. 1964; Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1866-1867: xxxvii-xxxviii. - Boase, F., Mod. engl. biogr. 3: 484. 1965. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 435 \[index\]. 1980. - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 3349-3352. 1900. - Nissen, C., Ill. Vogelbücher 1953, nos. 853-856. - Sheets-Pyenson, S., Arch. nat. Hist. 10(2): 221-249. 1981 (... the creation and early years of the Annals of Natural History; portr.). #### Composite works Co-founder and co-editor of *Magazine of zoology and botany* (2 vols.), *Annals of natural History* (5 vols.), *Annals and Magazine of natural History* (vols. 6-20, 1-20 and 1-19), 1837-1867. For the origin and the early years of this enterprise see S. Sheets-Pyenson (1981). #### Eponymy *Selbya* M.J. Roemer (1846). ### Publications ##### n.11.647. A history of British forest-trees **Title** *A history of British forest-trees*, indigenous and introduced... London (John van Voorst,...) 1842. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hist. Brit. forest-trees*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1842 (issued in 10 parts Jul 1841-1842; reviewed as a whole in Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. Jul 1843), p. \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-540. *Copies*: B, BR, HH, MO, NY, PH, USDA.