> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 770](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190241) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8360-1) LSID 8360-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545944) QID Q545944 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Richardson, Sir John (1787-1865), British (Scottish) arctic explorer and naturalist in the Royal Navy; M.D. Edinburgh 1816; surgeon and naturalist to John Franklin's expeditions of 1819-1822 and 1825-1827; physician to the Royal naval hospital of Haslar 1838; medical inspector of hospitals and fleets 1840-1855; on a search expedition for Franklin 1847-1849; knighted 1846; living in retirement from 1855 at Lancrigg nr Grasmore, Westmoreland. **Abbreviated name**: *Richardson* \[standard form in IPNI: *Richardson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]] (moss herb.); further material at [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection SFD|SFD]], [[Collection WECO|WECO]]. – Letters at [[Collection K|K]] and Scott Polar Research Inst., Cambridge. #### Bibliography and biography AG 1: 314; Backer p. 494; Barnhart 3: 152; BB p. 256; BM 4: 1698-1699; Bossert p. 331; Clokie p. 232; CSP 5: 188-189, 6: 748, 8: 743, 744; Desmond p. 518-519; DNB 16: 1119-1121 (by G.S. Boulger), 48: 233-235; Hegi 4(1): 153; Herder p. 226; Hortus 3: 1202; IF p. 727; IH 2: (in press); Jackson p. 223; Kew 4: 462; Lasègue p. 192-193, 581 \[index\]; LS 22211-22212; ME 3: 402, 423, 437; PR 1214, 4222, 7613, ed. 1: 1384, 4662, 8566; Quenstedt p. 360; Rehder 1: 306, 310; TL-1/534; TL-2/1850, 3003, see T.L. Mitchell; Tucker 1: 596; Zander ed. 10, p. 707, ed. 11, p. 806. #### Biofile - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 83, 97-98, 172. 1967. - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 2: 1794-1795. 1878 (bibl.). - Anon., Amer. J. Sci. ser. 2. 41: 265. 1866 (obit.); Bot. Zeit. 23: 252. 1865 (b. 5 Nov 1787, d. 5 Jun 1865); Flora 48: 445. 1865 (d.); J. Bot. 3: 231. 1865 (obit.); Le naturaliste Canadien 5: 103. 1873; Österr. bot. Z. 15: 229. 1865 (d.); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1865/66: lxxxiv-lxxxvi (obit.), 15: xxxvii-xliii. 1867 (obit.). - Babcock, E.B., Rhodora 26: 198-200. 1924 (on citing the *Botanical Appendix*). - Barnhart, J.H., Mem Torrey bot. Club. 16(3): 299. 1921. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 431 \[index\]. 1980. - Currey, M.F. & R.E. Johnson, J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 5(3): 202-217. 1969 (bibl. printed books). - Embacher, F., Lexikon Reisen 247. 1882. - Geiser, S.W., Naturalists of the Frontier 66, 68, 74. 1948. - Graustein, J.E., Thomas Nuttall 476 \[index\]. 1967. - Gray, J.L., Letters A. Gray 100, 112, 364. 1893. - Hertel, H., Mitt. Bot. München 16: 423. 1980 (lichens from Canada via Arnold). - Hitchcock, A.S. & A. Chase, Man. grasses U.S. 988. 1951 (epon.). - Hornschuch, C.F., Flora 6(1): 250. 1823, 9(1): 375-376. 1826, 12(1): 185. 1829. - Hooker, W.J., Amer. J. Sci. 9: 281, 283-284. 1825; Bot. Misc. 1: 92-94. 1830 (Hooker prepares Fl. bor. amer., pp. on Richardson material). - Huntley, M.A. et al., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 6(2): 98-117. 1972 (bibl. of articles in journals, portraits, eponymy and monuments). - Huxley, L., Life letters J.D. Hooker 2: 561 \[index\]. 1918. - Johnson, R.E., Sir John Richardson, arctic explorer,... London 1976, 209 p. (recent biogr., bibl., secondary refs., unpubl. sources, portr.). - Kukkonen, I., Herb. Christ. Steven 84. 1971. - McIlraith, J., Life of Sir John Richardson, London 1868, xi, 280 p. (biogr., portr.). - Miller, H.S., Taxon 19: 537. 1970 (set R.'s plants in Lambert herb.). - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 92. 1906. - Murchison, R.I., J. Geogr. Soc. 36: cxxxii-cxxxiv. 1866 (obit.). - Murray, G., *in* Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 177. 1904 (119 pl., incl. types W.J. Hooker, rd. from Admiralty 1856). - Nissen, C., Zool. Buchili. 338-339. 1969. - Palmer, T.S., Condor 30: 392. - Penhallow, D.P., Trans. R. Soc. Canada ser. 2. 3 (sect. 4): 8, 11, 14, 52. 1897. - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. handw.-Buch 2: 629-630. 1863, 3: 1119. 1898 (b. 5 Nov 1787, d, 15 Jun 1865). - Polunin, N., Rhodora 38: 412-413. 1936 (plants from Canad. east. Arctic). - Porsild, A.E. & W.J. Cody, Vascular plants continental North Western Territories, Canada 5-7. 1980 (itin., coll.). - Provancher, L., Natural. Canad. 5(3): 103. 1873. - Rodgers, A.D., John Torrey 348 \[index\]. 1942. - Rolleston, H., J.R. nav. med. Serv. 10(3): 160-172. 1924 (biogr. sketch, portr., memorial). - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 386. 1975 (coll.). - Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 23: 252. 1865 (obit.). - Schuhes, J.A., Flora 8(1) Beil. 1: 26, 39-40. 1825. - Short, C.W., *in* W.J. Hooker, J. Bot. 3: 112-113, 114, 116. 1841. - Sprunt, W.H., New Engl. J. Med. 253: 26-27. 1955 (portr., "physician afield"). - Stewart, D.A., J.R. nav. med. Serv. 22: 180-187. 1936 (general evaluation, portr.). - Swainson, W., Taxidermy 308-309. 1840. - Voss, E.G., Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb. 13: 41. 1978. #### Composite works - (1) W.J. Hooker, *Fl. bor.-amer.*, 1833-1840, was based on collections made by J. Richardson, T. Drummond and D. Douglas. - (2) For Richardson's numerous zoological publications see BM 4: 1698-1699 and the bibliographies by M.F. Curvey and R.E. Johnson (1969) and by M.A. Huntley et al. (1972). ### Publications ##### n.9169. Botanical Appendix **Title** *Botanical Appendix* to Captain Franklin's narrative of a Journey to the shores of the Polar Sea... London (printed by W. Clowes,...) 1823. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. App.* **Notes** *Author of narrative*: Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), see TL-2/1850. *Ed*. \[*1*\]: Mar 1823 (plates so dated), p. \[i\*\], \[1\]-40, *pl. 27, 28, 30* (no. 30 col.). *Copies*: E, FH. – Reprinted from J. Franklin, *Narr. journey Polar Sea* 1823, p. \[729\]-768. *pl. 27, 28, 30*. Bryophytes by Schwaegrichen; lichens and algae by W.J. Hooker. *Ed*. \[*2*\]: 1823, p. \[1\]-55, \[56\], *1 col. pl.* unnumbered, *pl. 27, 28, 29* (uncol.), *30* (col.). Plate 30 dated Mar 1823. *Copies*: FH, G, HH, M, NY, Teyler. – Reprinted from idem p. \[729\] – \[784\]. *pl*. \[*26bis*\], *27-30*, of which p. 769-783, \[784\] and pl. \[*26bis*\] and *29* came out somewhat later than the preceding text and plates. Pages 51-55 contain addenda by Robert Brown (1773-1858). ##### n.9170. Arctic searching expedition **Title** *Arctic searching expedition*: a journal of a boat-voyage through Rupert's land and the Arctic Sea, in search of the discovery ships under command of Sir John Franklin. With an appendix on the physical geography of North America... London (Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans) 1851. Oct. 2 vols. **Abbreviated title**: *Arct. search. exped.* **Notes** *1*. 1851, p. \[i\]-viii, fold-out map, \[1\]-413 \[414, colo.\], *pl. 1-7, 8* (frontisp.), *9*. *2*: Nov-Dec 1851 (p. 426: 20 Oct 1851), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-426, *pl. 10.* – Appendix on the physical geography of North America on p. 161-401, no. III: On the geographical distribution of plants north of the 49th parallel of latitude, on p. 264-353; list of *Carices*, p. 344-353, by F. Boott. *Copies*: E (Univ. Libr.), HH, L (Univ. Libr.), NY, PH. *American ed*.: 1852, p. \[i\]-xi, \[13\]-516. *Copies*: HH, PH. -New York (Harper & Brothers, ...) 1852. Duod. – Also with date 1854. *Copy*: HH. *Facsimile reprint*: 1969, Greenwood Press, Publishers, New York, as original (imprint on p. ii and iii differs). ##### n.9171. The polar regions **Title** *The polar regions*... Edinburgh (Adam and Charles Black) 1861. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Polar regions*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1861, p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\], \[1\]-400, chart. *Copy*: E (Univ Libr.), (printed by R. & R. Clark who also printed Flora of Turkey vol. 6 in 1978, inf. J. Edmondson).