21G BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 



and mineralogist. B.A., Cantab., 1790. M.A., 1794. LL.D., 

 1803. Collected in Scandinavia, 1799; Russia, 1800. Ordained, 

 1805. Vicar of Harlton and Yeldham. Prof, of Mineralogy, 

 Cambridge, 1808. ' Travels,' 1810-1823. Pritz. 63 ; R. S. C. 

 i. 935; 'Life,' by Otter, 1825; Nicb. Anecd.iv. 389,721; Nicb. 

 Illust. Diet. Nat. Biog. x. 421. Bust, by Cbantrey, at Jesus 

 Coll. Portr. by Opie, engr. in ' Travels,' vol. i., and in ' Life.' 



Clarke, George (fl. 1840). Of Mane, Seychelles. ' Coco de Mer,' 

 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. v. (1840), 422; and vi. (1841), 408. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. i. 1849, 153 ; R. S. C. i. 930. 



Clarke, Robert (fl. 1843-1863). Surgeon, Sierra Leone. Pritz. 

 63 ; R. S. C. i. 937. 



Clarke, William Barnard (fl. 1840). M.D. « Flora of Ipswich,' 

 in Mag. Nat. Hist. 1840, 124. R. S. C. i. 937. 



Clarke, William Branwhite (1798-1878): b. East Bergholt, 

 Suffolk, 2nd June, 1798 ; d. 17tb June, 1878. Clerk. M.A., 

 Camb. F.R.S., 1876. Geologist. Discoverer of gold in Aus- 

 tralia. In Australia, 1839-1878. Various papers on peat bogs, 

 submerged forests, Carboniferous plants, R. S. 0. i. 937. Diet. 

 Nat. Biog. x. 450. 



Clayton, John (1686 or 1693 ?-1773) : b. Fulham ; d. 15th 

 December, 1773. Went to Virginia in 1705. ' Flora Virginica,' 

 1739. Sent pi. to Gronovius. Virginian pi. in Mus. Brit. 

 Pritz. 63; « Memorials of Bartram,' p. 406; Diet. Nat. Biog. 

 xi. 13; Appleton's Cyclopsed. Americ. Biog. Claytonia Gronov. 



Clement, or Clements, John (d. 1572) : b. Yorkshire?; d. Bloc- 

 strate, Mechlin, 1st July, 1572 ; bur. St. Rumbold's Cathedral, 

 Mechlin. M.D., Oxon. Prof, of Greek. F.R.C.P., 1528; 

 President, 1544. Tutor to Sir Thos. More's children. Jacks. 

 xxx. ; Munk, i. 27 ; Wood, Athen. Oxon. i. 401 ; Diet. Nat. 

 Biog. xi. 33. 



Clifford, Thomas Hugh (1762-1825): b. 4th December, 1762; 

 d. Ghent, 25th February, 1825. 'Flora Tixalliana,' 1817. 

 Pritz. 64 ; Jacks. 260. 



Cobbold, Thomas Spencer (1828-1886): b. 1828; d. Maida 

 Hill, London, 20th March, 1886. M.D., Edinb., 1847. F.L.S., 

 1857. F.R.S. Helminthologist. Prof. Bot. Roy. Vet. Coll. 

 'Embryogeny of Orchis mascula,' Quart. Journ. Micros. Sci., 

 1853. ' Embryology of Achimenes,' Journ. Quekett Micros. Club, 

 1879. Proc. Linn. Soc. 1885-6, 140. 



Cockfield, Joseph (1740 ?-1816) : b. 1740?; d. March, 1816. 

 Of Upton, West Ham, Essex. Friend. « Catalogue of scarce 

 plants.' < The Botanist's Guide' (anon.), 1813 ; Letters, 1765- 

 1771, in Nicb. Illust. v. 753-808; Pritz. 64; Jacks. 256; 

 Friends' Books, i. 438. 

 Coel, James. Of Highgate. Merchant. Lobel's son-in-law. 

 Had a botanic garden at Highgate. Introduced Cemsiis Lauro- 

 cerasus. Pult. i. 125. 



Colden, Cadwallader (1688-1776): b. Dunse, Scotland, 17th 

 February, 1688 ; d. Long Island, New York, 28th September, 

 1776. M.D., Edin., 1705. Practised in Pennsylvania, 1708- 



