Thomas Potts James

American botanist (1803–1882)

Thomas Potts James (1803–1882) was an American botanist and bryologist.^[1] He made important contributions to the study of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts).^[2] He wrote the section on mosses and liverworts in William Darlington's Flora Cestrica (1853).^[2]

Family

James married Isabella Batchelder on 3 December 1851.^[3] Isabella went on to become the president of the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Commission.^[3]

The standard author abbreviation James is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[4]

References

^ Humphrey, Harry Baker (1961). Makers of North American Botany. New York: Ronald Press Company. pp. 125–127.
^ ^a ^b Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella James (1903). "Thomas Potts James". The Bryologist. 6 (5): 71–74. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(1903)6[71:TPJ]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3238779.
^ ^a ^b Chandler, Charles Henry (1914). "The history of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914 : with genealogical records of the principal families". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
^ International Plant Names Index. James.