About Thomas Hincks
Lived 1818 – 1899 (aged 80–81). Thomas Hincks was a British naturalist, zoologist and scientific collector, known for Bryozoa and Zoophyte.
Life He was born the son of the William Hincks in Exeter, Devon. He studied at Manchester New College from 1833 to 1839 (while it was, confusingly, in York) and received his B.A. from the University of London.
He became a Unitarian minister and served at Cork (1839), Dublin (1842), Warrington (1844), Exeter (1846), Sheffield (1852) and Leeds (1855). He lost his voice whilst at Mill Hill Chapel in Leeds, and had to resign. He retired to Clifton and studied zoophytes, especially in Devon.
He published A history of the British hydroid zoophytes (1868) and A history of the British marine Polyzoa (1880).
In June 1872, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
At least six genera and 13 species of invertebrates are named in his honour.
Eudendrium rameum. Frontispiece from A History of the British Hydroid Zoophytes (1868)
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British naturalist (1818 – 1899)
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Thomas Hincks was born in 1818 in Exeter.
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Thomas Hincks died on 25 January 1899 in Clifton.
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Thomas Hincks was a naturalist, zoologist and scientific collector.
What was Thomas Hincks known for?
Thomas Hincks was known for Bryozoa and Zoophyte.
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Thomas Hincks was British.
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