George Brettingham Sowerby II
British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist; G.B. Sowerby II
About George Brettingham Sowerby II
Lived 1812 – 1884 (aged 72). George Brettingham Sowerby II was a British naturalist, malacologist, writer, conchologist and artist.
George Brettingham Sowerby II (25 March 1812 – 26 July 1884) was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist. Together with his father, George Brettingham Sowerby I, he published the Thesaurus Conchyliorum and other illustrated works on molluscs. He was an elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society on 7 May 1844. He was the father of George Brettingham Sowerby III, also a malacologist.
He died on 26 July 1884 and is buried on the west side of Highgate Cemetery with his father George Brettingham Sowerby I and sister Charlotte Caroline Sowerby.
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British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist; G.B. Sowerby II (1812–1884)
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George Brettingham Sowerby II was born on 25 March 1812 in London, Lambeth.
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George Brettingham Sowerby II died on 26 July 1884 in Wood Green.
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George Brettingham Sowerby II was a naturalist, malacologist, writer, conchologist and artist.
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