> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 771](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190242) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8361-1) LSID 8361-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18783919) QID Q18783919 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Richardson, Richard (1663-1741), British (Yorkshire) physician, botanist, antiquary and book-collector, who studied in Oxford (University College, Bachelor of Physics) and Leiden, under Paul Hermann and Boerhaave (M.D. Leiden 1790), F.R.S. 1712; entertained an extensive correspondence with many botanists. **Abbreviated name**: *R. Richardson* \[standard form in IPNI: *R.Richardson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]]-Sloane, [[Collection OXF|OXF]]. – Letters at Royal Society (London) and Bodleian Library (Oxford). #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 494; Barnhart 3: 152 (b. 6 Sep 1663, d. 21 Apr 1741); BB p. 256-257; BM 4: 1699; Bossert p. 331; Clokie p. 232; Desmond p. 519; DNB 16: 1126-1127, 48: 240-241; HU 503 (much info; Index horti bierl.); Jackson p. 4; PR 7614, ed. 1: 8567; Rehder 1: 81; TL-2/see A. Buddie. #### Biofile - Allen, D.E., The naturalist in Britain 290 \[index\]. 1976. - Allibone, S.A, Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 2: 1796. 1878. - Anon., J. Bot. 44: 433. 1906 (letters to S. Brewer); North. Gard. 29(1): 20-22. 1975 (letter Philip Miller to R.). - Blackwell, E.M., Naturalist 877: 53. 1961. - Blunt, W., The compleat naturalist 119, 124. 1971. - Berkeley, E. and D.S., John Clayton 58-59, 61, 69, 213. 1963. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 431 \[index\]. 1980. - Dandy, J.E., Sloane herb. 194-195. 1958 (herb.). - Ewan, J. & N., John Banister 15. 1970. - Kent, D.H., Brit. herb. 75. 1957. - Moore, S., Fl. Cheshire lxxxvii. 1899. - Nichols, J., Ill. lit. hist. eightteenth cent. 1: 225-252. 1817 (biogr., portr.). - Pulteney, R., Hist. biogr. sketch. progress bot. England 2: 185-188. 1790. - Pearsall, W.H., Fl. Surrey 46. 1931. - Salisbury, R.A., Genera of plants 114. 1866. - Salmon, C.E., Fl. Surrey 46. 1931. - Scott, E.J.L., Index to Sloane manuscr. 452. 1904. - Smith, J.E., Selection corr. Linneus 2: 130-160. 1821. - Wroot, H.E., Naturalist 595: 257-260. 1906 (corr. with Samuel Brewer); Bradford Sci. J. 1912: 234-241 ("an old Bradford botanist", portr.). #### Handwriting Dandy, J.E., Sloane herb. facs. 31. 1958. #### Eponymy *Ricardia* Adanson (1763, *orth. var.* of Richardia Linnaeus); *Richarda* Cothenius (1790, *orth. var.* of *Richardia* Linnaeus); *Richardia* Linnaeus (1753). ### Publications ##### n.9172. Extraits from the literary and scientific correspondence **Title** *Extraits from the literary and scientific correspondence* of Richard Richardson,... illustrative of the state and progress of botany, and interspersed with information respecting the study of antiquities and general literature, in Great Britain, during the first half of the eightteenth century... Yarmouth (printed by Charles Sloman,...) 1835. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Extr. lit. sci. corr.* **Notes** *Editor*: Dawson Turner (1775-1858). *Publ*.: 1835, p. \[i\*-ii\*\], portr., \[iii\*\], \[i\]-lxvi, \[1\]-451, \[453-463, index\]. *Copy*: NY. – Important source for the history of British botany.