Harvey, William H. (William Henry) (1811-1866)

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Harvey, W. H. (William Henry) (1811-1866)
Harvey, William Henry (1811-1866)
Field of activity
botanist; plant/seed collector; Print; Drawing; Botanical artist; Lithographer; Botanist; Professor of botany
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HARVEY, WILLIAM HENRY (1811-1866), botanist, was born on 5 February 1811 at Summerville, County Limerick, Ireland, the youngest son of Joseph Massey Harvey, a prosperous Quaker merchant, and his wife Rebecca, née Mark. From childhood he had a passion for natural history and was encouraged at Ballitore School, County Kildare. On leaving school he was apprenticed to his father but took no interest in the business although it provided the finance for his studies, particularly botany. At 20 he began a long association with William Jackson Hooker who commissioned him to describe certain groups in the new edition of the British Flora and introduced him to many botanists including James Bicheno and Robert Brown. Through (Sir) Joseph Hooker, Harvey received algal collections from expeditions to the Pacific and southern hemisphere. These he described in his Nereis Australis (London, 1847-49) and as a contributor in J. D. Hooker, Flora Tasmaniae (London, 1860).

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Botanical artist, lithographer and botanist, he travelled widely and between 1834 and 1863 published illustrations of South African, North American, British and Japanese plants, mostly algae.

botanical artist, lithographer and botanist, was born on 5 February 1811 at Summerville, County Limerick, Ireland. Educated at Ballitore School, County Kildare, he became an apprentice in his father's business but spent more time on natural history, particularly botany, an interest further stimulated through his association with Dr William Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. As early as 1831 Harvey had come to the notice of Hooker, who commissioned him to describe the algae ...

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  • fl. 1831-ca. 1863

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William Henry Harvey was Professor of Botany at Trinity College Dublin between 1848 and 1866. He travelled in Australia between 1854 and 1856 acquiring a large natural history collection.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

  1. W.H. Harvey's Bryzoans from Australia (1854-1856)Bryzoans in Space and Time: Proceedings of the 10th International Bryozoology Association Conference, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington , N.Z. 1995 D.P. Gordon, A.M. Smith, J.A. Grant-Mackie 401-412 : W.H. Harvey's Bryzoans from Australia (1854-1856)
    Wyse Jackson, P. and Jones, M. Spencer
    [1996]
    Published: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
  2. William Henry Harvey...and the tradition of systematic botanyHermathena 103 : William Henry Harvey...and the tradition of systematic botany
    Webb, D. A.
    [1966]
  3. Memoir of W. H. Harvey, with Selections From His Journal and Correspondence
    Fisher, L.J.
    [1869]
  4. Harvey, William Henry (1811-1866), botanistAustralian Dictionary of Biography Douglas Pike 4 357-358 : Harvey, William Henry (1811-1866), botanist
    Ducker, Sophie C.
    [1972]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
  5. W. H. Harvey in New South Wales: Letters by the Phycologist W. H. Harvey, Written in New South Wales in 1855Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 115 213-223 : W. H. Harvey in New South Wales: Letters by the Phycologist W. H. Harvey, Written in New South Wales in 1855
    Ducker, Sophie C.
    [1995]
  6. Records of Victorian BotanistsVictorian Naturalist 25 101-117 : Records of Victorian Botanists
    Maiden, J.H.
    [1908]
  7. Records of Tasmanian BotanistsProceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 9-29 : Records of Tasmanian Botanists
    Maiden, J.H.
    [1909]
  8. Records of Australian Botanists - (a) General, (b) New South WalesJournal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales xlii 60-132 : Records of Australian Botanists - (a) General, (b) New South Wales
    Maiden, J.H.
    [1908]
  9. A Pioneer Botanist in VictoriaVictorian Naturalist 50 12 186-190 : A Pioneer Botanist in Victoria
    Lucas, H.S.
    [1933]
  10. Botanical Pioneers in VictoriaVictorian Naturalist 66 83-89; 103-109; 123-107 : Botanical Pioneers in Victoria
    Willis, J.H.
    [1949]
  11. The Contented Botanist: Letters of W.H. Harvey About Australia and the Pacific
    Harvey, W. H.
    [1988]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
  12. State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection: William Henry Harvey - Records (1854)
    Correspondence with W.A. Sanford 1854 [4 letters, MS 7527].
    MS 7527
  13. Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales: William Henry Harvey - Records (1855 - 1860)
    Correspondence with A.W. Scott 1855, G. Bennett 1855-60 [7 letters].
  14. Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science: Australian Botanists - Biographies
    Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists.
    MS 064

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  1. The contented botanist : letters of W.H. Harvey about Australia and the Pacific / edited by Sophie C. Ducker
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Book : 1988 ]
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    The contented botanist : letters of W.H. Harvey about Australia and the Pacific / edited by Sophie C. Ducker
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  2. Memoir of W.H. Harvey, M.D. F.R.S. : with selections from his journal and correspondence
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Book : 1869 ]
    At 5 libraries
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 23.713)

  3. Memoir of W.H. Harvey, M.D., F.R.S. etc., etc. late Professor of Botany, Trinity College, Dublin : with selections from his journal and correspondence
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Book : 1869 ]
    At State Library of NSW
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  4. Letters
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Unpublished : 1968-1991 ]
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  5. Phycologia australica : or, A history of Australian seaweeds, comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algæ of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia, and, A synopsis of all kn...
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Book : 1858-1863 ]
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  6. Nereis australis : or algae of the Southern Ocean / by W.H. Harvey
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Book : 1847-1965 ]
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  7. Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia / W. H. Harvey
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Book : 1855 ]
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  8. Phycologia Britannica, or, A history of British sea-weeds : containing coloured figures, generic and specific characters, synonyms, and descriptions of all the species of algæ inhabiting the shores of the British Islands / by William Henry Harvey
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Book : 1849-1871 ]
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  9. Nereis Australis or algae of the Southern ocean : being figures and descriptions of marine plants collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand and the Antarctic regions; deposited in ...
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Book : 1847 ]
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  10. Phycologia australica; or, A history of Australian sea weeds ... and a synopsis of all known Australian Algae .
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Book : 1858 ]
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  1. The contented botanist : letters of W.H. Harvey about Australia and the Pacific / edited by Sophie C. Ducker
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Book : 1988 ]
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  2. Memoir of W.H. Harvey, M.D. F.R.S. : with selections from his journal and correspondence
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Book : 1869 ]
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  3. Dr William H. Harvey
    Latimer, T
    [ Photograph : 1860 ]
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  4. Memoir of W.H. Harvey, M.D., F.R.S. etc., etc. late Professor of Botany, Trinity College, Dublin : with selections from his journal and correspondence
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Book : 1869 ]
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  5. Letters
    Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866
    [ Unpublished : 1968-1991 ]
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  6. Goody two-shoes or a monument to industry? : aspects of the Phycologia britannica of William Henry Harvey (1811 to 1866) / James H. Price
    Price, J. H. (James Henry)
    [ Book : 1988 ]
    At Baillieu Library
    Goody two-shoes or a monument to industry? : aspects of the Phycologia britannica of William Henry Harvey (1811 to 1866) / James H. Price
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  7. Harvey in Australia : letters and Hooker's journal
    [ Book : 1900-1999 ]
    At Baillieu Library
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