> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 29](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212033) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10193-1) LSID 10193-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6191761) QID Q6191761 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Strachey, Richard (1817-1908), British colonial administrator, geophysicist and naturalist; with Bombay Engineers 1836, with Bengal Engineers 1839; collected in Punch, Kashmir, and Gharwal Kumaon, 1846-1849; in various military and administrative positions until 1871; stationed in England 1871-1876; retired as Lieutenant-general. **Abbreviated name**: *Strachey* \[standard form in IPNI: *Strachey*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] and [[Collection K|K]]; further material at [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection DD|DD]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]] (collections made jointly with James Edward Winterbottom 1803-1804), [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection YU|YU]]. – Geological collections in the India Museum, London. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 337 (b. 24 Jul 1817, d. 12 Feb 1908); BB p. 291; BJI 2: 173; BM 5: 2030; Bret. p. 802; Clokie p. 250; CSP 5: 846, 8: 1030, 11: 514, 18: 994; Desmond p. 589; DNB suppl. 2. 3: 439-442; Ewan ed. 1: 233, 316, ed. 2: 214; MW p. 473-474; Quenstedt p. 417; Rehder 1: 460; Tucker 1: 671. #### Biofile - Anon., Bonplandia 2: 265. 1854; Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 231: 147. 1964; Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1908: 127-129 (obit.); Geol. Mag. 1908: 191 (obit.); J. Bot. 46: 95. 1908 (obit.); Nature 57: 109, 110. 1897 (Royal Medal; portr.); Quart. J. Geol. Soc. 64: lix-lxi. 1908 (obit.); Science ser. 2. 27: 397. 1908 (d.); Who's who (London) 1897-1908; Who was who 1897-1915: 684. 1935. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 229.528, 269.343. 1980. - Burkill, I.H., Chapt. hist. bot. India 31, 82, 83, 89, 151. 1965. - G.H.D., Proc. R. Soc. London ser. A. 81: lxxxiv-xciii. 1908 (obit., detailed account). - Huxley, L., Life letters J.D. Hooker 565 \[index\] 1918. - Jackson, B.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 120: 63-64. 1908 (obit.). - King, G., J. Bot. 37: 462-463. 1899. - Moore, D.T., Arch. nat. Hist. 10(3): 418. 1982 (geol. coll.). - Pennell, F.W., Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 5: 12. 1943 (coll.). - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 4(2): 1452. 1904, 5: 1220. 1926. - Shaw, W.N., Science 28: 458-459, 560. 1908; Nature 77: 395-397. 1908 (obit.), 78: 425. 1908. - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 48, 157, 555, 648. 1899. #### Eponymy *Stracheya* Bentham (1853). ### Publications ##### n.13.219. Catalogue of the plants of Kumaon **Title** *Catalogue of the plants of Kumaon* and of the adjacent portions of Garhwal and Tibet based on the collections made by Strachey and Winterbottom during the years 1846 to 1849 and on the catalogue originally prepared in 1852 by... Richard Strachey revised and supplemented by J.F. Duthie... London (Lovell Reeve and Co.,...) 1906. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. Kumaon*. **Notes** *Revised by*: John Firminger Duthie (1845-1922). *Original ed*.: ca. 1854, "Catalogue of plants found in Kumaon and Garhwal and the adjoining parts of Tibet". s.l.n.d., p. 63-122. Belonged to a projected work which remained unpublished except for these pages which were distributed with (or shortly after) the Kumaon plants that went to non British herbaria: cover-t.p., p. 63-122. *Copies*: HH, NY. *Reprint of original ed*.: 1882. Plants found in Kumaon, Garhwal and adjoining parts of Tibet... *in* E.F.T. Atkinson Statistical and historical account of the northwestern provinces of India 10: 403-671. 1882 (*copy*: LC). *1906 revision* (see heading): 1906 (J. Bot. Aug 1906; ÖbZ for Mai-Jun 1906; Bot. Centralbl. 28 Aug 1906), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-269, \[1, err.\]. *Copies*: B, BR, G, HH, MO, NY, PH, U, USDA; IDC 317. *Facsimile repr*.: 1974, Dehra Dun (Bishen Singh...). *Copies*: H, M, NY, US. *See also*: R. Strachey, Geogr. J. 15:150-170, map, 394-415. 1900, "Narrative of a journey to the lakes Rakas-Tal and Manasarowar, in western Tibet...", reprint p. 1-62. 1900 (n.v.).