> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 452](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333591) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9382-1) LSID 9382-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21608557) QID Q21608557 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Scoffern, John (1814-1882), British physician, botanist and chemist; professor of chemistry at Aldersgate st. college 1840; involved in the Franco-Prussian war 1870-1871; author on chemistry, explosives, sugar-technology, botany and folklore. **Abbreviated name**: *Scoffern* \[standard form in IPNI: *Scoffern*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 250; BB p. 270; BM 4: 1883; CSP 5: 601; Desmond p. 549; GR p. 413; Jackson p. 43; Kelly p. 210; LS 24514; Rehder 1: 90. #### Biofile - Anon., Brit. Mus., Gen. cat. print. books 217: 54-55. 1964. - Boase, F., Modern Engl. biogr. 3: 445. 1965 (b. 9 Oct 1814, d. 14 Feb 1882). ### Publications ##### n.11.543. Outlines of botany **Title** John Cassel's educational course. *Outlines of botany*. Including a description of mosses, lichens, fungi, ferns, and seaweeds... London (Kent and Co.,...) s.d. \[1857\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Outlines bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1857 (fide BM 4: 1883), p. \[iii\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-297. *Copy*: NY. *Other issue*: s.d., p. \[iii\]-vi, \[viii\], \[1\]-297. *Copies*: MICH, PH, USDA. – No reference to "John Cassell's... course", London (Cassel, Petter and Galpin,...). Oct.