George Brettingham Sowerby III (16 September 1843 – 31 January 1921) was a British
conchologist, publisher, and illustrator.
He, too, worked (like his father
George Brettingham Sowerby II
George Brettingham Sowerby II (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 ...
and his grandfather
George Brettingham Sowerby I
George Brettingham Sowerby I (12 August 1788 – 26 July 1854) was a British naturalist, illustrator and conchologist.
Life
He was the second son of James Sowerby. George was educated at home under private tutors, and afterwards assisted his ...
) on the ''Thesaurus Conchyliorium'', a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated work on
molluscs. He was
colour blind
Color blindness or color vision deficiency (CVD) is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color. It can impair tasks such as selecting ripe fruit, choosing clothing, and reading traffic lights. Color blindness may make some aca ...
, and thus his daughter did most of the colouring of his engravings.
External links
Petit, R. E. (2009). ''George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa''. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
See also
*
Sowerby family
The Sowerby family () was a British family of several generations of naturalists, illustrators, botanists, and zoologists active from the late 18th century to the mid twentieth century.
*James Sowerby (1757–1822)
**James De Carle Sowerby (178 ...
Conchologists
1843 births
1921 deaths
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