> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 452](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189923) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8048-1) LSID 8048-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6260615) QID Q6260615 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Quekett, John Thomas (1815-1861), British surgeon, microscopist and histologist; assistant conservator Hunterian museum 1843, conservator 1852-1861; professor of histology, Royal College of Surgeons 1852; secretary of the Royal microscopical Society, London, 1841-1860. **Abbreviated name**: *Quekett* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.T.Quekett*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. – See J. Quekett microsc. Club 30(3): 57-58. 1965 for manuscripts and collections. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 118; BB p. 251; BM 4: 1632, 8: 1040, 1041; Bret. p. 701; CSP 5: 53-54; Desmond p. 508 (b. 11 Aug 1815, d. 20 Aug 1861); De Toni 1: cii, 2: xcii; DNB 47: 97-99; Jackson p. 70, 414; Kew 4: 382; Moebius p. 203, 439; PR 7379; Rehder 5: 697. #### Biofile - Anon., J. Quekett microsc. Club 30(3): 55-59. 1965 (biogr. sketch, portr.). - Bentham, G., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 6: xciii-xciv. 1862 (obit.). - Bridson, G.D.R.et al., Nat. hist. mss. re's. Brit. Isl. 229.527, 271.49. 1980. - Deby, J., Bibl. microsc. microgr. stud. 3(Diat.): 45. 1882. - Freeman, R.B., Brit. nat. hist. books 289. 1980. - Freund, H. & A. Berg, eds., Gesch. Mikroskopie 33, 34. 1963. - Michael, A.D., J.R. microsc. Soc. 1895: 6-7. - Stearn, W.T., Nat. Hist. Mus. S. Kensington 35, 37, 67. 1981. - VanLandingham, S.L., Cat. diat. 4: 2363, 6: 3583, 7: 4221. 1978. #### Handwriting J. Quekett microsc. Club 30(3): 56. 1965. #### Eponymy The Quekett Microscopical Club, London is named for this author. *Note*: *Quekettia* J. Lindley (1839) honors his brother, Edwin J. Quekett (1808-1847), British surgeon and plant anatomist. ### Publications ##### n.8413. Lectures on histology **Title** *Lectures on histology*, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in the session 1850-51... London (Hippolyte Baillière,...), New York (id.), Paris (J.B. Baillière,...), Madrid (Bailly Baillière,...) 1852-1854. 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Lect. histol.* **Notes** *1*: 1852 (p. \[iii\]: 27 Apr 1852), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-215, \[216, adv.\]. *2*: 1854, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-413. *Copies*: BR, NY, PH.