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Henry Bowman Brady

1835 – 1891

British paleontologist and pharmacist

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Lived 1835 – 1891 (aged 55). Henry Bowman Brady was a British paleontologist, pharmacist, zoologist and botanist.

Henry Bowman Brady (23 February 1835 Gateshead, England – 10 January 1891 Bournemouth) was a British micropalaeontologist.

Life He was the second son of Henry Brady, Surgeon of Gateshead, and his wife Hannah Bowman of Derbyshire.

Henry and his older brother George Stewardson Brady were both educated at the Friends' School, Ackworth and at Bootham school, York, where they were schoolfellows of the botanist John Gilbert Baker, and the Rowntree brothers Joseph, John, and Henry, of the famous cocoa business which bore their name.

Brady became a fellow of the Linnean Society on 17 March 1859, but resigned in 1887; he was also a fellow of the Geological Society from 1864, of the Royal Society from 1874, serving on its council in 1888, and of the Zoological Society from 1888.

Works Test of the foraminifer Globigerina bulloides with defensive spines, drawn by paleontologist Henry Bowman Brady in 1884. Henry Brady published much on foraminiferans, and several species were named after him, including Valvulinerea bradyana (Fornasini, 1900), Trifarina bradyi Cushman, 1923, Rosalina bradyi Cushman, 1915, Robertinoides bradyi (Cushman & Parker, 1936), Neoeponides bradyi (Le Calvez, 1974), Fursenkoina bradyi (Cushman, 1922), Evolvocassidulina bradyi Norman, 1881, Ehrenbergina bradyi Cushman, 1922, Cassidulinoides bradyi (Norman, 1881), Parrina bradyi (Millett, 1898), Labrospira bradyi (Robertson, 1891), Karreriella bradyi (Cushman, 1911), Hemisphaerammina bradyi (Loeblich & Tappan, 1957), Dorothia bradyana (Cushman, 1936).

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Education
Ackworth School
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Honorary doctor of the University of Aberdeen
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Frequently asked questions

Who was Henry Bowman Brady?

British paleontologist and pharmacist (1835–1891)

When was Henry Bowman Brady born?

Henry Bowman Brady was born on 23 February 1835 in Gateshead.

When did Henry Bowman Brady die?

Henry Bowman Brady died on 10 January 1891.

What was Henry Bowman Brady's occupation?

Henry Bowman Brady was a paleontologist, pharmacist, zoologist and botanist.

What nationality was Henry Bowman Brady?

Henry Bowman Brady was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Henry Bowman Brady

· Wikidata: Q3132650

· DBpedia: Henry Bowman Brady

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