Thomas Cheeseman

Thomas Cheeseman
FLS FZS FNZInst.
Born
Thomas Frederick Cheeseman

(1845-06-08)8 June 1845
Hull, Yorkshire, England
Died15 October 1923(1923-10-15) (aged 77)
Auckland, New Zealand
Education
Spouse
Rosetta "Rose" Keesing
(m. 1889)
Children2
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsAuckland Museum
Author abbrev. (botany)Cheeseman
RelativesWilliam 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).

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.