John Richardson
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Sir John Richardson (1781–1865), Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist (ichthyology and botany) and arctic explorer.
IPNI standard form: Richardson (outdated: Richards.)
Taxon names authored
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Publications
1820's
- Richardson, J. 1823. Botanical Appendix to Captain Franklin's Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea. 47 pp. W.Clowes, London. BHL Reference page.
- Richardson, J. 1825. Account of the quadrupeds and birds. pp. 287–380. In: Parry, W.E. Appendix to Captain Parry's journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, performed in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla in the years 1821-22-23. London: J. Murray. BHL Reference page.
1830's
- Swainson, W.J. Northern Zoology. Part II Aves. In: Swainson, W.J. & Richardson, J. 1831. Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part Second, The Birds. pp. 1–523. John Murray. London DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.39293 BHL Reference page.
- Richardson, J. 1836. The Fish. In: Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part 3: i–xv + 1–327, Pls. 74–97. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.39293 BHL Reference page.
- Richardson, J., 1837. The Insects. In: Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America etc. Part 4: pp.xiv−315, 8 Pls. Reference page.
1844-1848
- Richardson, J. 1844. Description of a genus of Chinese fish. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (New Series) 13(86) (art. 53): 462–464. BHL Reference page.
- Richardson, J. 1844-48. Ichthyology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror,... In: Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. London. 2 (2): i-viii + 1-139, Pls. 1-60. [1844: 1-16; 1845: 17-52; 1846: 53-74; 1848: i-viii + 75-139. PDF Reference page.
1845
- Richardson, J. 1845. Ichthyology. Part 3. In: R.B. Hinds (ed.) The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., C.B., F.R.G.S., etc., during the years 1836–42. No. 10. 99–150, Pls. 55–64.Reference page.
- Richardson, J. 1845. Generic characters of Gasteroschisma melampus, a fish which inhabits Port Nicholson, New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology 15: 346. BHL Reference page.
1846
- Richardson, J. 1846. Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]: 187–320. BHLReference page.
1848
- Richardson, J. 1848. Fishes. Pp. 1–28, Pls. 1–10. In: Adams, A. (ed.). The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, during the years 1843–1846. Reeve & Benham, London. Reference page.