Sowerby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Sowerby family, naturalists and artists

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 (1787 ...

, a British family of naturalists and artists **

Arthur de Carle Sowerby Arthur de Carle Sowerby (8 July 1885 – 16 August 1954; ) was a British naturalist, explorer, writer, and publisher in China. His father was Arthur Sowerby (15 October 1857 – 27 June 1934; ). Background Arthur Sowerby was the son of a Chris ...

(1885–1954), British explorer in China **

Charlotte Caroline Sowerby Charlotte Caroline Sowerby (1820–1865) (sometimes C.C. Sowerby) was a 19th-century British scientific illustrator and a member of the extensive Sowerby family of naturalist-illustrators. Biography Charlotte Caroline Sowerby was the oldest ...

(1820–1865), British natural history illustrator **

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 ...

(1788–1854), British malacologist **

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 o ...

(1812–1884), British malacologist **

George Brettingham Sowerby III 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 and his grandfather George Brettingham Sowerby I) on the ...

(1843–1921), British malacologist **

James Sowerby James Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist, illustrator and mineralogist. Contributions to published works, such as ''A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland'' or ''English Botany'', include his detailed and app ...

(1757–1822), British zoologist and painter ** James Sowerby (1815–1834), British mycologist **

James de Carle Sowerby James De Carle Sowerby (5 June 1787 – 26 August 1871) was a British mineralogist, botanist, and illustrator. He received an education in chemistry. Sowerby was born in London, the son of botanical artist James Sowerby (1757–1822), and his ...

(1787–1871), English scientist and artist **

John Edward Sowerby John Edward Sowerby (17 January 1825 – 28 January 1870) was a British botanical illustrator and publisher born in Lambeth, London on 17 January 1825. Part of the Sowerby family, he was eldest son of Charles Edward Sowerby and grandson of James ...

(1825–1870), artist and publisher

Others

Artists

John George Sowerby John George Sowerby (1849–1914) was an English painter and illustrator from Gateshead, and director of Ellison Glass Works, the Sowerby family business, which during the 1880s was the largest producer of pressed glass in the world. The gr ...

(1850–1914), English painter and illustrator *

Millicent Sowerby Amy Millicent Sowerby (1878–1967) was an English painter and illustrator, known for her illustrations of classic children's stories such as ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and ''A Child's Garden of Verses'', her postcards featuring child ...

(1878–1967), English painter and illustrator

Politicians

* John Sowerby (MP) (fl. 1391–1411), English lawyer and Member of Parliament *

William Sowerby (politician) William J. Sowerby (born September 16, 1956) is an American politician from Michigan. Sowerby is a Democratic member of Michigan House of Representatives from District 31. Early life On September 16, 1956, Sowerby was born. Sowerby grew up i ...

(born 1956), American politician

Other occupations

* E. Millicent Sowerby (1883–1977), English bibliographer *

Francis Sowerby Macaulay Francis Sowerby Macaulay FRS (11 February 1862, Witney – 9 February 1937, Cambridge) was an English mathematician who made significant contributions to algebraic geometry. He is known for his 1916 book ''The Algebraic Theory of Modular Systems ...

, British mathematician * Fred Sowerby (born 1948), Antigua and Barbuda sprinter *

Githa Sowerby Katherine Githa Sowerby (6 October 1876 – 30 June 1970), also known under her pen name K. G. Sowerby, was an English playwright, children's writer, and member of the Fabian Society. A feminist, she was well-known during the early twentieth cen ...

(1876–1970), English playwright *

Leo Sowerby Leo Salkeld Sowerby (1 May 1895 – 7 July 1968) was an American composer and church musician. He won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1946 and was often called the “Dean of American church music” in the early to mid 20th century. Biography L ...

(1895–1968), twentieth-century American composer *

William Sowerby (clergyman) William Sowerby (1799–1875) was an English cleric who served in Cumberland before moving to New South Wales, Australia. He was the first Anglican priest at Goulburn and took a keen interest in the education, health and social welfare of the loc ...

(1799–1875), English clergyman

Fictional characters

* From

The Secret Garden ''The Secret Garden'' is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in ''The American Magazine'' (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and ...

Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (published in 1885–1886), '' A Little ...

** Dickon Sowerby, a main character with knowledge about nature ** Martha Sowerby, a servant at the house and Mary's maid ** Mrs Sowerby, Dickon and Martha's mother. {{surname, Sowerby English toponymic surnames