Thomas Gage (botanist)

Sir Thomas Gage, 7th Baronet, of Hengrave (1781 – 27 December 1820, in Rome) was an English botanist from Rokewode-Gage baronets. The woodland flower Gagea is named in his honour.[1][2]

He married Mary-Anne Browne, the daughter of Valentine Browne, 1st Earl of Kenmare.[3]

His marble gravestone in the Church of the Gesù had an inscription stating that he lived for 38 years, 8 months and 25 days.[1]

In his herbarium he had various plant specimens including Iris subbiflora.[4]

  1. ^ a b The Gentleman's Magazine. A. Dodd and A. Smith. 1823. pp. 607–608.
  2. ^ Bailey, Liberty Hyde (1915). The standard cyclopedia of horticulture, Volume 3. Macmillan. p. 307. Thomas Gage botany.
  3. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Henry Colburn. 1839. pp. 434.
  4. ^ Mills, Colin. "Iris subbiflora Brot". hortuscamden.com. Retrieved 22 January 2016.