> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 522](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068764) of TL-2 Vol. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/4730-1) LSID 4730-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2726002) QID Q2726002 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Kent, William Saville (x-1908), British protozoologist at the British Museum (Natural History). **Abbreviated name**: *W. S. Kent* \[standard form in IPNI: *Kent*\] #### Collections BM. #### Bibliography and biography BM 2: 969; Bret. p. 283; CSP 8: 67-68, 10: 386, 12: 383, 16: 244-245; Dawson p. 279, 485, 857; Henrey 2: 724 \[index\]; Lasègue p. 268; LS 13814; Moebius p. 407; SK p. 277. - Anon., Nature 78: 641-642. 1908. - Jackson, B. D., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1908-09: 42. #### Eponymy *Kentia* J. Schiller (1953). *Note*: *Kentiopsis* A. T. Brongniart (1873), *Kentites* E. Bureau (1896), and *Siphokentia* Burret (1927) are related to *Kentia* Blume (1838), which is dedicated to William Kent (1779-1827), Dutch gardener (of English origin?) in Harderwijk and Buitenzorg, who accompanied Reinwardt and Blume in the Indian Archipelago. ### Publications ##### n.3582. A manual of the infusoria **Title** *A manual of the infusoria*: including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate, and tentaceliferous protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organization and affinities of the sponges... London (David Bogue,...) 1880-1882, 3 vols, Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Man. infus.* **Notes** *Vol. 1*: 1880-1881, in parts, p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]472, (part 1: 1880, p. \[1\]-144, *pl. 1-8*; p. x: Mai 1882). *Vol. 2*: 1881-1882, in parts, p. \[i, iii\], \[473\]-913. *Vol. 3*: 1880-1882, in parts, containing the plates, p. \[i, iii\], frontisp., *pl. 1-51, 48A*, with text (uncol.). *Copies*: MICH, MO, USDA (vol. 1, part 1).