About James Sowerby
Lived 1815 – 1834 (aged 18–19). James Sowerby was a British botanical illustrator, mycologist, botanist and scientific collector.
James Sowerby (1815–1834) was a British botanical artist and mycologist, son of James De Carle Sowerby, grandson of James Sowerby. He published the small book The Mushroom and Champignon Illustrated: Compared With, and Distinguished From, the Poisonous Fungi that Resemble Them.
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Who was James Sowerby?
British mycologist and botanist (1815-1834)
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James Sowerby was born in 1815.
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James Sowerby died in 1834.
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James Sowerby was a botanical illustrator, mycologist, botanist and scientific collector.
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James Sowerby was British.
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