Thomas Cheeseman | |
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| Born | Thomas Frederick Cheeseman 8 June 1845 |
| Died | 15 October 1923 (aged 77) Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Spouse |
Rosetta "Rose" Keesing
(m. 1889) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Auckland Museum |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Cheeseman |
| Relatives | William Joseph Cheeseman (brother) Clara Cheeseman (sister) Ellen Cheeseman (sister) Emma Cheeseman (sister) |
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Thomas Frederick Cheeseman FLS FZS FNZInst. (8 June 1845 – 15 October 1923)[1][2] was a New Zealand botanist. He was also a naturalist who had wide-ranging interests, such that he even described a few species of sea slugs (marine gastropod molluscs).
- ^ Cockayne, Leonard (14 December 1923). "Thomas Frederic Cheeseman, 1846–1923". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 54. W.A.G. Skinner, Govt. Printing Office: xvii–xix – via National Library of New Zealand.
- ^ Goulding, Jeanne H. (1996). "Cheeseman, Thomas Frederick". In Orange, Claudia (ed.). Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Vol. 3. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press. ISBN 9781869402006.