James Cosmo Melvill (naturalist)

For British administrator who served as the last secretary of the East India Company, see James Cosmo Melvill.

James Cosmo Melvill
James Cosmo Melvill
Born(1845-07-01)1 July 1845
Hampstead, London
Died4 November 1929(1929-11-04) (aged 84)
Meole Brace, Shrewsbury
NationalityBritish
EducationHarrow School
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge (MA)
Occupations
SpouseBertha Dewhurst
Children6
RelativesJames Cosmo Melvill (grandfather)

James Cosmo Melvill FLS FZS (1 July 1845 – 4 November 1929) was a British botanist and malacologist who collected plants in Europe and North America.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Obituary: James Cosmo Melvill (1845–1929)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 19 (2): 59–61. July 1930. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064010.
  2. ^ Desmond, Ray, ed. (1994). Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists. CRC Press. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-85066-843-8.
  3. ^ Weiss, F. E. (1931). "Obituary Notices". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 142 (1): 211–213. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1931.tb01466.x.