> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 544](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212586) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10916-1) LSID 10916-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2628753) QID Q2628753 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Turner, Dawson (1775-1858), British banker and botanist; studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge 1793-1794; from 1796-1850 with the Yarmouth bank; from 1850-1853 in London and Barnes; from 1853 in Old Brompton. **Abbreviated name**: *Turn.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Turner*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection K|K]] and [[Collection BM|BM]]; other specimens at [[Collection B|B]]-Willd., [[Collection BRISTM|BRISTM]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection FH|FH]] (Taylor), [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]], [[Collection LIV|LIV]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection YRK|YRK]] (see further Kent & Allen 1984). #### Manuscripts and drawings K (memoranda, drawings of algae, mss. Fl. Norfolciensis), BM (e.g.: 29 sheets with illustrations of the Muscologiae hibernicae spicilegium; Turner's copy of his Fuci with additional drawings). For further particulars see Dawson (1958). – The Turner correspondence is at Trinity College Cambridge (82 vols.); further *letters* at BM, G, GH, HU, LINN, UPS-UB, Liverpool and Norwich public libraries. (See also Bridson 1980). *Library* sold by auction (1853, 1859). #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 409; BB p. 306; BM 1: 203, 463, 5: 2153, 8: 1332; Bossert p. 409; Clokie p. 257; CSP 6: 67; Dawson p. 834, suppl. p. 64-69; Desmond p. 622 (b. 18 Oct 1775, d. 20 Jun 1858); De Toni 1: cxxv; DNB 19: 1261-1262, (57: 334) (G.S. Boulger); Frank 3 (Anh.): 107; GR p. 384, cat. p. 72; Hawksworth p. 186; Henrey 2: 135; Herder p. 171, 236, 254, 260, 267; Jackson p. 153, 157, 229, 243, 247; Kelly p. 231; Lasègue p. 327, 328, 434, 503, 544; Lenley p. 416; LS 3408, 27457-27462; Moebius p. 66, 86; MW p. 506; NI 2011-2012; Plesch p. 442; PR 1016, 4225, 7416, 9563-9568, 10006, 10320, ed. 1: 1141, 4164, 8567, 10534-10537, 10990, 11290; Sayre p. 22, 25, 26; SBC p. 133; Sotheby 774; TL-1/1339-1341a, see E. Rudge; TL-2/see indexes; Tucker 1: 703; Urban-Berl. p. 269, 291, 315, 405, 415. #### Biofile - Allen, D.E., Naturalist in Britain 67, 82, 90, 126-127. 1976. - Allan, M., The Hookers of Kew 272 \[index\]. 1967. - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. litt. 3: 2477-2478. 1880. - Anon., Bonplandia 6: 324 (d.), 340 (cogn. Leopoldina Theodotus II). 1858); Bot. Zeit. 16: 264. 1858 (obit. not.), 18: 347-348. 1860 (on obit. by J.J. Bennett); Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 242: 519-521. 1964; Cat. gén. livr. impr., Bibl. natl. 196: 173-174. 1967; Flora 41: 529-530. 1858 (d.); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 4: xl-xliii. 1860. - Bagnali, J.E., Fl. Warwickshire 493. 1891. - Boase, F., Mod. Engl. biogr. 3: 1042. 1965. - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 443 \[index\]. 1980. - Cameron, H.C., Sir Joseph Banks 341 \[index\]. 1952. - Dawson, W.R., Smith papers 92. 1934; Norfolk Archeology 26: 59-72. 1936 (bibl. print. books; annotation); J. Soc. Bibl. natl. Hist. 2(6): 218-222. 1950 (on J.D. Hooker and D. Turner), 3(6): 303-310. 1958 (biogr., portr. Turner, J. Banks; details on mss. resources). - Dickinson, C.I., Phycol. Bull. 1: 14. 1952 (coll.). - Druce, G.C., Fl. Buckinghamshire xcvii. 1926. - Ellis, G., Amgueddfa 16: 2. 1974. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 74, 76, 90. 1969. - Hawksworth, D.L. & M.R.D. Seaward, Lichenol. Brit. Isl. 10-13, 160-161, 199. 1977. - Hooker, W.J., Copy of a letter addressed to Dawson Turner,... on the occasion of the death of the late Duke of Bedford... Glasgow 1840, ii, 25 p., *1 pl*. (*copy*: HU). - Huxley, L., Life letters J.D. Hooker 566-567 \[index\]. 1918. - Kent, D.H., Hist. fl. Middlesex 19. 1975. - Kent, D.H. & D.E. Allen, Brit. Irish herb. 261. 1984 (coll.). - Koster, J.Th., Taxon 6: 54. 1959. - Laundon, J.R., Lichenologist 11: 18. 1979 (lich. BM). - Lett, H.W., Proc. R. Irish Acad. 32: 69. 1915. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 747. 1984. - Mears, J.A., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 122: 172. 1978 (Muhlenberg sent specimens to D.). - Milner, J.D., Cat. portr. Kew 102. 1906. - Munby, A.N.L., The cult of the autograph letter in England, London 1962, p. 33-60 (biogr. details, portr., corr.). - Praeger, R.L., Some Irish naturalists 170: 1949. - Price, J.H., Arch. nat. Hist. 10(3): 443-459. 1982 (various notes on publ. *Fuci*), 11(3): 440-442. 1984 (on *Fuci*). - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 519. 1977 (mosses at BM-K, FH-Taylor). - Smith, E., Life Joseph Banks ix. 1911. - Turner, D., Catalogue of the manuscript library of the late Dawson Turner... which will be sold... June 6, 1859... \[London 1859\], xix, 308 p. (copy at BM). - Walter, J.H.F., Trans. Norfolk Norwich Naturalists Soc. 9(5): 673-684. 1914 (Turner helped "Lady" Smith with compil. mem. Corr. J.E. Smith and various other refs.). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 83. 1905. - Womersley, Austr. J. mar. freshwater Res. 7: 348. 1956. #### Composite works - (1) Editor, R. Richardson, Extr. lit. sci. corr. 1835, see TL-2/9172. - (2) With James Sowerby, *Catalogue of some of the more rare plants observed in a tour through the western counties of England*, Trans. Linn. Soc. 5: 234-241. 20-22 Feb 1800, see TL-2/12.491. #### Note Main bibliography: see W.R. Turner 1936. #### Handwriting In facsimile ed. D. Turner & W. Borrer, *Spec. lichenogr. brit*. 1978, p. vii\[\*\*\]. #### Eponymy *Dawsonia* R. Brown (1809); *Dawsonia* Palisot de Beauvois ex J.V.F. Lamouroux (1824, *nom. rej.*); *Turnerella* Fr. Schmitz (1896) also very likely honors Dawson Turner. *Turnera* Linnaeus (1753) was named for William Turner (1508?-1568), English clergyman and herbalist, considered by some to be the "Father of English botany". ### Publications ##### n.15.360. Two papers published in **Title** *Two papers published in* the fifth volume of the *Linnaean* \[sic\] *Transactions*, by Dawson Turner, F.L.S. 1800. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 22 Feb 1800 (in journal; copy of reprint at NY): "given me, March 1800, by Mr. Dawson Turner"), p. \[i\], 126-131, 234 \[on verso of 131\]-241. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc., London 5: 126-131 (*Calendarium plantarum marinarum*), 234-241 (*Catalogue of some of the most rare plants observed in a Tour through the Western Counties of England*, made in June 1799, by Dawson Turner... and... James Sowerby,...) 1800. ##### n.15.361. A synopsis of the British Fuci **Title** *A synopsis of the British Fuci*... Yarmouth (Printed by F. Bush) 1802. 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syn. Brit. Fuci*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1802 (p. xxix: 1 Mai 1802; P & W; Banks acknowledges receipt of a copy on 13 Mai 1802; Mon. Rev. London Sep 1803). *Copies*: NY, PH; IDC 5104. *1*: p. \[i\]-xlvi, \[1\]-189. *2*: p. \[191\]-400. *Other issue*: identical with Yarmouth ed., but imprint: London (sold by J. White,... and T. Longman and O. Rees,...) printed by F. Bush, Yarmouth 1802. *Copies*: FH, G, USDA. *Ref*.: Dawson, W.R., Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Hist. ser. 3. 65. 1962. ##### n.15.362. Descriptions of four new species of Fucus **Title** *Descriptions of four new species of Fucus*... \[Trans. Linn. Soc.... 1802\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 27 Mai 1802, p. 125-136, *3 pl. Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. 6: 125-136, *3 pl*. 1802. ##### n.15.363. Muscologiae hibernicae spicilegium **Title** *Muscologiae hibernicae spicilegium*... Yermuthae \[Yarmouth\] (typis J. Black. Sumptibus auctoris). Londini (prost. venal. apud J. White,...) 1804. Oct. (in 4-s). **Abbreviated title**: *Muscol. hibern. spic.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Mar 1804 (p. viii: Mar 1804; S.W. Greene 1957; 350 copies printed), p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-xi, \[1\]-200, \[i\]-xiv, *pl. 1-16* (col. copp. James de Carle Sowerby). *Copies*: B, G, H, MICH, PH, U; IDC 5006. – Has priority over J.E. Smith, *Fl. brit*. 3, publ. 29 Mar 1804. – See Cleevely (1974) for the possible involvement (as an engraver) of James de Carle Sowerby (1787-1871) in this work. *Ref*.: Cleevely, J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 6(6): 389-395. 1974. - Dawson, W.R., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 3: 304-305. 1958. - Greene, S.W., J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 3: 281-290. 1917. - Sherborn, J. Soc. Bibl. nat. Hist. 11: 197. 1939. ##### n.15.364. Descriptions of four British lichens **Title** *Descriptions of four British lichens*... From the Transactions of the Linnean Society \[1804\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Nov 1804 (in journal), p. \[1\]-12, *pl. 8.* (col. copp.). – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. 7: 86-95, *pl. 8.* 1804. *Description of four new species of Lichens*, ib. 6: 125-136, *3 pl*. 27 Mai 1802. *Description of a new species of Lichen*, ib. 8: 260-261, *pl. 6.* 12 Mar 1806. *Descriptions of eight new British Lichens*, ib. 9: 135-160, *pl. 10-13.* 23 Nov 1808. ##### n.15.365. Remarks on the Dillenian herbarium **Title** *Remarks on the Dillenian herbarium*... From the Transactions of the Linnean Society... \[1804\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Nov 1804 (in journal), p. \[1\]-15. *Copy*: H. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Linn. Soc. 7: 101-115. 1804. – The herbarium of Johann Jakob Dillenius (1684-1747), see TL-2/1: 655-657) is at OXF. ##### n.15.366. The botanist's guide through England and Wales **Title** *The botanist's guide through England and Wales*... London (printed and sold by Phillips Fardon,...) 1805, 2 vols. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. guide England*. **Notes** *Co-author*: Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778-1855), see TL-2/1: 657-659; *contributor*: James Dalton (1764-1843, p. 663-664, 665-744, see TL-2/593. *Publ*.: 10 Aug 1805 (p. xvi: 10 Aug 1805; Sayre p. 26, accepts the date of preface as that of publication; P & W Oct 1805. *Copies*: B-S, BR, G, HH, HU, MO. *1*: \[i\*\], \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-363. *2*: \[i\], \[365\]-804. ##### n.15.367. Fuci **Title** *Fuci* sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia... Fuci; or, colored figures and descriptions of the plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus... London (printed by J. M'Creery,...) 1807-1819, 4 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fuci*. **Notes** *1*: 1 Sep 1807-1 Jun 1808 (first fascicle available to Goodenough by 21 Sep 1807; see also Price (1984): fasc. 10: 1 Jun 1808), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-164, \[1\]-2, *pl. 1-71* (col. copp. W.J. Hooker). *2*: 1808-1809 (in fascicles), p. \[i\], \[1\]-162, \[1-2\], *pl. 72-134* (id.). *3*: 1809-1811 (in fascicles), p. \[i\], \[1\]-148, \[1-2\], *pl. 135-196* (id.). *4*: 1811-1819 ("possibly"; Price 1984; in fascicles), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-153, \[1-2\], \[1-7\], *pl. 197-258* (id.). *Copies*: FH, G, H-UB, MO, NY; IDC 6438. – Published in fascicles, details of which are lacking; a large paper edition, 25 copies, were issued. See J.H. Price (1982) on the complexity of publication of e.g. the *Fuci*. We know of no copy in original wrappers (if any). A further paper on the Fuci by Price was announced by him in 1984. ##### n.15.368. Specimen of a lichenographia britannica **Title** *Specimen of a lichenographia britannica*; or, attempt at a history of the British lichens. Imperfect. For private circulation only. Yarmouth (printed by C. Sloman,...) 1839. Oct. (in 4-s). **Abbreviated title**: *Spec. lichenogr. brit.* **Notes** *Co-author*: William Borrer (1781-1862) (for biogr. details see D.L. Hawksworth and M.R.D. Seaward on p. ii-v of facs. ed. of the *Specimen*, cited below). *Publ*.: Mai 1839 (for history of printing and publication see Hawksworth and Seaward, l.c. p. xix-xxi; the S.W. Greene copy has an inscription by D. Turner "Apr 1839"), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[1\]-240, \[1-8\]. *Copies*: FH, Greene, H, MICH, NY, Peterson, PH, Stevenson, USDA; IDC 728. *Facsimile ed*.: 1978, The Richmond Publication Co. Ltd., with a new introduction by D.L. Hawksworth and M.R.D. Seaward, p. \[i\*\*-ii\*\*\], \[i\*\]-xxiii\[\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[1\]-240, \[1-8\]. *Copies*: B, BR.