> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 81](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189552) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12723-1) LSID 12723-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437310) QID Q437310 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Parry, William Edward (1790-1855), British explorer; made three expeditions to the Arctic (north-west passage), 1819-20, 1821-23, 1824-25; DCL Oxford 1829; knighted 1829; rear admiral 1852. **Abbreviated name**: *W. Parry* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.Parry*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]] (first voyage) and [[Collection K|K]] (second-fourth voyages); other material at [[Collection BRISTM|BRISTM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection HAMU|HAMU]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection NA|NA]], [[Collection NY|NY]] (mosses), [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection S|S]] (collections made by Parry as well as by his associates W.H. Hooper, A. Fisher and R. McCormick). #### Bibliography and biography AG 1: 208; Backer p. 426; Barnhart 3: 52; BB p. 237; BM 4: 1525-1526; Clokie p. 221-222; CSP 4: 767, 12: 558; Desmond p. 481; DNB 43: 392-393; IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 241; Lasègue p. 84, 324, 326, 373, 502; PR 1234, 6960; Rehder 1: 308; TL-1/163, 164, 951-953; TL-2/831-832, see R. McCormick. #### Biofile - Allan, Mea, The Hookers of Kew 112. 1967. - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 1515. 1870 (bibl.). - Anon., Bot. Zeit. 13: 568. 1855 (brief obit.); Flora 38: 528. 1855 (obit.); Hertha 12: frontisp. 1828 (portr.). - Beechey, F.W., J.R. Geogr. Soc. 26: clxxxii-clxxxv. 1856 (obit.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 75.49, 75.53. 1980. - Britton, N.L., J. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 31. 1907 (Parry mosses at NY). - Embacher, F., Lexik. Reisen 225-226. 1882. - Hedge, I.C. & Lamond, J.M., Index coll. Edinb. herb. 117. 1970. - Huxley, L., Life letters J.D. Hooker 1: 15, 166. 1912. - Jackson, B.D., Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1901: 51 (pl. K). - Meyer, F.G. & Elsasser, S., Taxon 22: 375-404, 386. 1973 (material in NA). - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM(NH) 1: 172. 1904 (pl. BM). - Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 311. 1969. - Parry, E., Memoirs of rear-admiral Sir W. Edward Parry, New York 1858, xii, 341 p. (by his son; biogr., portr.). - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 367-368. 1863 (b. 19 Dec 1790, d. 8 Jul 1855; bibl.). - Polunin, N., Bot. Canad. Eastern Arctic 1: 11-12, 20. 1940, J. Bot. 80: 81-94. 1942 (studies on Parry plants at Bristol and Durham); Rhodora 54: 45-55 (id. at MANCH), 213-216 (id. at Roy. Geogr. Soc.), 271-285 (id. at OXF). 1952; Canad. Field Natural. - 64: 45-51. 1950 (id. at Scott Polar Research Inst. Cambridge). - Rodgers, A.D., William Starling Sullivant 175, 178. 1940. - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 515. 1977; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 378. 1975.Steere, W.C., Bryologist 74: 430. 1971 (bryoph. first voyage, 1819-20, not traced). #### Eponymy *Parrya* R. Brown (1823); *Parryodes* S.M.H. Jafri (1957); *Parryopsis* Botschantzev (1955). ### Publications ##### n.7409. Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-West passage **Title** *Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a North-West passage* from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1819-'20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper... with an Appendix containing the scientific and other observations...The second edition. London (John Murray,...) 1821. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *J. voy. N.–W. pass.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: Mai 1821 (P & W p. 435; Gent. Mag. Jun 1821), n.v. – A supplement to the Appendix was published in Jan 1824, with a contribution by R. Brown, for which see TL-1/164, TL-2/832 and below. *Ed. 2*: 1821 (plates dated 21 Mar 1821) p. iii: Mai 1821, map, p. \[i\*-viii\*\], \[i\]-xxix, \[xxxi\], \[1\]-310 \[1\], *19 pl*. & maps, p. \[i\]-clxxix \[= appendix\]. Differs only in title page and in having a few corrections made in the text. *Copies*: MO, NY. *Dutch*: 1822 (p. viii: 1 Sep 1822), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-332, \[334\], 2 maps, 2 uncol. maps \[no bot. app.\]. *Copy*: Kon. Bibl. 's Gravenhage. – Reis ter ontdekking van eene noordwestelijke door vaart, uit de Atlantische in de Stille Zee, gedaan in de jaren 1819 en 1820 door de schepen The Hecla en The Griper, onder het bevel van W.E. Parry... Amsterdam (Johannes van der Hey) 1822. Oct. ##### n.7410. A supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage **Title** *A supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage* for the discovery of a north-west passage, in the years 1819-20. Containing an account of the subjects of natural history. London (John Murray,...) 1824. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Suppl. App. Parry's Voy.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Jan-5 Feb 1824 (see TL-2/832), p. \[i-viii\], \[clxxxi\]-cccx, *pl. A-D* (plants), *1-2* (animals), by Franz Bauer. *Copies*: FI, MO, NY. – *The botany*, by Robert Brown (1773-1858), on p. cclix-cccx, was preprinted as *Chloris melvilliana* in 1823. For further details see nos. 831 and 832. The abbreviated reference to the botanical section is *J. voy. n.–w. passage, Bot*., but reference should always be to the earlier *Chlor. melvill.* ##### n.7411. Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a North-West passage **Title** *Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a North-West passage* from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23, in his majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of captain William Edward Parry,... London (John Murray,...) 1824. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *J. sec. voy.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1824 (P & W; p. \[iii\]: Mar 1824; Gent. Mag. Apr 1824), frontisp., p. \[i\*-viii\*\], \[i\]-xxx, \[xxxi\], \[1\]-571, \[572, err.\], *37 pl*. & maps (uncol.). *Copies*: MO, NY. ##### n.7412. Appendix to Captain Parry's Journal of a second voyage **Title** *Appendix to Captain Parry's Journal of a second voyage* for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, performed in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, in the years 1821-22-23... London (John Murray,...) 1825. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *App. Parry J. sec. voy.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1825 (plates dated 1 Feb 1825; P & W Jan 1827), p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-432, *2 pl. Copies*: MO, NY. – Botanical appendix by Professor \[W.J.\] Hooker on p. \[381\]-430, *2 pl*. ##### n.7413. Journal of a third voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage **Title** *Journal of a third voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage* from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1824-25 in his Majesty's ships Hecla and Fury, under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry,... London (John Murray,...) 1826. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *J. third voy.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1826 (see TL-1), *1 pl*. p. \[i\]-xxvii, \[xxviii\], \[1\]-186, \[1, note\], appendix p. \[1\]-150, *4* \[*2*?\] *pl*. (uncol.). *Copies*: MO, NY. *Botanical Appendix* by Professor \[W.J.\] Hooker, in app. p. \[121\]-131. ##### n.7414. Narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole **Title** *Narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole*, in boats fitted for the purpose, and attached to his Majesty's ship Hecla, in the year mdcccxxvii, under the command of Captain William Edward Parry,...London (John Murray,...) 1828. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Narr. attempt North Pole*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1828 (p. xxii: 24 Mar 1827; plates dated Jan 1828, p. \[iii\]: Jan 1828), p. \[i\]-xxii, \[1\], \[1\]-229, 5 *pl*., map. *Copies*: MO, NY. – *Botanical appendix* by Professor \[W.J.\] Hooker on p. \[207\]-222.