John Stackhouse (botanist)

John Stackhouse (1742 – 22 November 1819)[1] was an English botanist, primarily interested in spermatophytes, algae and mycology. He was born in Probus, Cornwall, and built Acton Castle, above Stackhouse Cove, Cornwall, in order to further his studies about the propagation of algae from their spores.[2] He was the author of Nereis Britannica; or a Botanical Description of British Marine Plants, in Latin and English, accompanied with Drawings from Nature (1797).[3]

John Stackhouse, 1811 lithograph.
  1. ^ "November 22nd, The Book of Days, Chambers, 1869". Retrieved 21 November 2007.
  2. ^ Ralfs, J. (1884) The Marine Algae of West Cornwall. Transactions of the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society. pp. 315-30
  3. ^ "Stackhouse, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.