> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 287](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212329) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10621-1) LSID 10621-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2427703) QID Q2427703 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Thomson, Thomas (1817-1878), British physician and botanist; MD Glasgow 1839; student of W.J. Hooker; surgeon in the Bengal army 1839; superintendent, Botanic Garden, Calcutta 1854-1861; travelled in the W. Himalayas and Tibet 1847-1851 (with J.D. Hooker 1849). **Abbreviated name**: *Th. Thomson* \[standard form in IPNI: *Thomson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] (see also J.D. Hooker); further material at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection BAS|BAS]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CAL|CAL]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection GOET|GOET]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MH|MH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection UW|UW]] \[[[Collection W|W]]?\], [[Collection WU|WU]]. – *Mss*. and *letters* at [[Collection K|K]], other letters at [[Collection G|G]]. *Exsiccatae* (with J.D. Hooker (1817-1911), *Herbarium Indiae orientalis*, col. 1847-1851, see J.D. Hooker. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 583; Barnhart 3: 379; BB p. 300; BM 5: 2100; Bossert p. 399; Clokie p. 253; CSP 5: 976, 8: 1080; Desmond p. 609 (b. 4 Dec 1817, d. 18 Apr 1878); DNB 56: 272-273 (19: 752-753); Frank 3 (Anh.): 103; GR p. 417; Herder p. 61, 209, 307, 314, 322; Hortus 3: 1205; IH 1 (ed. 6): 365; Jackson p. 388; MW p. 496; PR (alph.) 4203; Rehder 5: 845-846; TL-1/525; TL-2/2972, 2981, see J.D. Hooker; Tucker 1: 687; Urban-Berl. p. 315, 403; Zander ed. 10, p. 723, ed. 11, p. 765. #### Biofile - Anon., Bonplandia 2: 190. 1854 (app. Calcutta), 3: 35. 1855 (cogn. Leopoldina Hamilton), 9: 184. 1861 (in London); Bot. Not. 1879: 31 (d.); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 358. 1964; Bull. Soc. bot. France 25 (bibl.): 45. 1878 (d.); Flora 37: 544. 1854 (app. Calcutta), 40: 48. 1857 (director); Gard. Chron. 1878(1): 529-530; J. Bot. 16: 160. 1878 (obit. not.); Magy. növen. Lap. 2: 80. 1878 (obit. not.); Österr. bot. W. 4: 359. 1854 (app. Calcutta). - Berkeley, M.J., Nature 18: 15-16. 1878. - Blatter, E., Fl. Aden 8. 1914; Rec. Bot. Surv. India 8(5): 472-473. 1933. - Bose, P.N., Cent. rev. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 1784-1883, 3 (Nat. Sci.): 72-73. 1885. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. Hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 269.200. 1942. - Burkill, I.H., Chapt. hist. bot. India 244. 1965. - Coats, A.M., Quest for plants 164. 1969. - Crawford, D.G., A history of the India Medical Service 1600-1913. 144-145. 1914. - Embacher, F., Lexik. Reis. 284-285. 1882. - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world no. 810.40. 1984. - Hadfield, M., Brit. gard. 282-283. 1980. - Huxley, L., Life letters J.D. Hooker 56 \[index\]. 1918. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish Herb. 258. 1984 (on Brit. coll.). - King, G., J. Bot. 37: 461-462. 1899. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 730. 1985. - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 100. 1906. - Nelmes & Cuthbertson, Curtis's Bot. Mag. Dedic. 1821-1827, p. 110-111. 1932 (portr.). - Reichenbach, H.G., Bot. Zeit. 36: 304. 1878 (d.). - Seemann, B., Bonlandia 1: 181-182. 1853 (biogr. sketch). - Stewart, R.R., Pakistan J. Forest 17: 362. 1967; Taxon 28: 10. 1979. - Thomson, Th., J. Asiat. Soc. 25: 405-418. 1856; Kew J. Bot. 9: 10-14, 33 – 41. 1857 (notes on Herb. CAL). - Turrill, W.B., Pioneer plant geography 97-100, 104. 1953; Joseph Dalton Hooker 228 \[index\]. 1963. - Wagenitz, G., Index coll. princ. herb. Gott. 164. 1982. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 172. 1905. #### Composite works - (1) With J.D. Hooker, *Flora indica* 1855, see TL-2/2972. – Also with J.D. Hooker, *Praecursores ad Florarm indicam*, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 2: 1-29, 21 Jun 1857, 54-96. 2 Nov 1857, 97-103. 20 Feb, 163-180. 20 Mai 1858, 4: 106-156. 8 Dec 1859, 57. 10 Feb 1860, 5: 128-156. 27 Mar, 157-182. 24 Mai 1861. - (2) With J.D. Hooker, *Fl. Brit. India* 1 \[Ranunculaceae to Papaveraceae, Resedaceae to Pittosporeae\]. 1872, TL-2/2981. #### Travel reports - (1) *Scientific mission to Thibet, in* W.J. Hooker, Lond. J. Bot. 7: 28-42, 97-103, 200-205, 657-671. 1848; Ann. Soc. Agr. Soc. Agric. Bot. Gand 5: 468-470. 1849; Kew J. Bot. 1:68-81, 149-154, 176-180. 1849. - (2) *Sketch of the climate and vegetation of the Himalaya*... Proc. Phil. Soc. Glasgow 3: 193-204. 1848-1855 \[see 14.270\], Edinb. New Philos. J. 52: 309-321. 1852, J. Hortic. Soc. 6: 245-257. 1851, J. Agric. Soc. India 8 (corr.): 14-26. 1854. - (3) *Successful journey to the Karakorum Pass*, J. Geogr. Soc. 19: 25-28. 1849. ### Publications ##### n.14.270. Sketch of the climate and vegetation of the Himalaya **Title** *Sketch of the climate and vegetation of the Himalaya*... From the Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, 1851. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1851 (?, as preprint), p. \[1\]-12. *Copy*: HH. – Preprinted from Proc. Phil. Soc. Glasgow 3: 193-204. 1855. ##### n.14.271. Western Himalaya and Tibet **Title** *Western Himalaya and Tibet*; a narrative of a journey through the mountains of Northern India, during the years 1847-8... London (Reeve & Co.,...) 1852. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *West. Himalaya*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1852 (Bonpl. 1 Jan 1853), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-501, *2 pl*, 2 maps. *Copies*: HH, LC, Liverpool City Libr., NSUB, PH.