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Cornwall; d. same place 13 April, 1870. Surgeon. F.L.S. 

 ' Potato disease,' Eept. Cornwall Polytechnic Soc, 1845, 9. 

 Diet. Nat. Biog. xii. 323. 



Couch, Thomas QuiUer (1826 ?-84); d. Penzance, 23 Oct., 

 1884. Son of preceding. Surgeon. Bot. of Polperro, Eept. 

 Cornwall Polytechnic Soc, 1848, 11 ; 1849, 29. ' Botanical 

 Eegister,' id., 1848, 21. Diet. Nat. Biog. xii. 324. 



Coultas, Harland (d. 1877) : b. U. S. A?; d. London, 2 Feb., 

 1877. Pro Bot. Penn. Medical University, Philadelphia. 

 Lect. Charing Cross Hospital. Pritz. 70 ; Jacks. 535 ; Journ. 

 Bot. 1877, 192. 



Coulter, Thomas (d. 1843) : d. DubHn, 1843. M.D. ; F.B.S. 

 Ed., 1836. Explored Central Mexico. Eeached Monterey, 

 1831. Met Douglas in California. Discovered Pinus Coul- 

 teri. Eeturned to England, 1833. Curator of Herb. Trin. 

 Coll. Dublin. Plants at Trin. Coll. Pritz. 70; C. C. 

 Parry, ' Botanical Explorers of Pacific Coast ' ; in ' Overland 

 Monthly,' 1883 ; Bot. Geol. Survey. Californ. 555 ; Journ. 

 E. Geogr. Soc. 1835, v. 59. CouUeria, H.B.K. = Casalpinia. 



Courten, William (1642-1702) : b. London, 28 Mar., 1642 ; 

 d. Kensington, 29 Mar., 1702 ; bur. Kensington. Eriend of 

 Sloane and Sherard. Plants in Hb. Mus. Brit. Diet. Nat. 

 Biog. xii. 335. Gourtenia Br. 



Covel, Rev. John (1638-1722) : b. Horningsheath, Suffolk, 2 

 April, 1638; d. Cambridge, 19 Dec, 1722 ; bur. Christ's Coll. 

 chapel. M.A. Camb., 1661; Oxon. 1663; D.D., 1679. 

 Chaplain to Brit. Embassy, Constantinople, 1670-81. Presi- 

 dent C.C.C, 1688. Accompanied Sir G. Wheler in Asia. 

 Described rare plants. ' Memoir of Sir George Wheler ' ; 

 Diet. Nat. Biog. xii. 355. Oil portr. by Valentine Eitz at 

 Christ's College, Cambridge. 



Cowan, James (d. 1823) : d. Lima, Peru, 1823. Merchant. 

 Travelled in Mexico and Peru. Sent pi. to Lambert. Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xiv. 573. Gowania D. Don. 



Cowell, John (d. circ. 1730). Of Hoxton. Nurseryman. ' Ac- 

 count of Aloe americana,' 1729. Cott. Gard. viii. 121. 



Cowell, M. H. (fl. 1839). Corr. Memb. Bot. Soc London. 

 'Eloral Guide for East Kent,' 1839. Pritz. 71 ; Jacks. 230, 

 254. 



Cowley, Abraham (1618-67) : b. London, 1618 ; d. Chertsey, 

 28 July, 1667 ; bur. Westminster Abbey. M.A. Camb., 1642 ; 

 M.D. Oxon, 1657 ; Camb. 1665. Poet. E.E.S., 1662. Works, 

 1668, w. life by Sprat ; and portr. Pult. i. 282 ; Pritz. 71 ; 

 Jacks. 212 ; Nich. Illust. iv. 398 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. xii. 379. 

 Portr. engr. by T. Faithorne in 'Latin Poems," 1668; another 

 in 'Works,' 1673; and others. Two portrs. at Bodleian; 

 one by Lely in Nat. Portr. Gallery, &c. 



Coxhead, Henry (fl. 1842). 'Cat. of Vasculares of Britain,' 

 1842. Pritz. 71 ; Jacks. 231. 



Coyte, Rev. William Beeston (1741-1810) : b. 1741 ; d. Ips- 

 wich, 3 Mar., 1810; bur. St. Nicholas', Ipswich. M.B. 

 Camb., 1763 ; M.D. Of Yarmouth and Halesworth. After- 



