154 BIOGEAPHICAL INDEX OF 



1682. 'Gat. of PI. in King's Park, Bdin.,' 1684. 'Scotia 

 Illustrata,' 1684. Pult. ii. 3 ; Pritz. 296 ; Jacks. 246 ; Munk, 

 i. 439 ; Autobiog., 1833, and in ' Analecta Scotica,' i. 126; 

 Biog. w. portr. and bibliog. prefixed to ' Birds,' vol. i. in Jar- 

 dine's Nat. Library (x.). Sibbaldia L. 



Sibthorp, Humphrey (1718 ?-97): b. Lincoln, 1713?; d. 17 

 Aug., 1727. M.A. Oxon, 1737 ; M.D., 1745. Prof. Bot. 

 Oxford, 1747-83. Father of the following. Correspondent of 

 Linnffius. Druce, Fl. Oxf. 385 ; Bloxam, Magd. Coll. Eegis- 

 ters, vi. 228 ; Alumn. Oxon. Sibthorpia L. 



Sibthorp, John (1758-96) : b. Oxford, 1758 ; d. Bath, 8 Feb., 

 1796; bur. Bath Abbey. M.A. Oxon, 1780.; M.D., 1784. 

 Prof. Bot., Oxford, 1783-95. F.L.S., 1788 ; F.E.S. Travelled 

 in Greece with Ferdinand Bauer, 1786-7, and in Cyprus, 

 Asia Minor, &c., 1794-5. ' Flora Oxoniensis,' 1794. ' Flora 

 Grseca' (posth.), 1806-40. Eees; Pritz. 296; Jacks. 606; 

 Pref. to ' Fl. Graeca ' ; Druce, Fl. Oxfordsh. 387. Oil portr. 

 at Oxford Garden. 



Sidebotham, Joseph (1824-85) : b. Apethome, Hyde, Cheshire, 

 1824 ; d. Bowdon, Cheshire, 30 May, 1885 ; bur. Bowdon. 

 Calico-printer, of Manchester. Entomologist, astronomer,- 

 and photographer. F.L.S., 1878. Contrib. to Phyt., 1841. 

 ' PI. in Westmoreland.' One of founders of Manchester Field 

 Nat. Soc. E. S. C. v. 683, viii. 948 ; Joum. Bot. 1885, 319 ; 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. 1883-6, 107. 



Sidney, Rev. Edwin (fl. 1800-46). B.A. Camb., 1841 ; M.A., 

 1825. Eector of Cornard Parva, Suffolk. ' Philosophy of 

 Nutrition in Plants,' 1849. ' Bhghts of Wheat,' 1846. Jacks. 

 167; E. S. C. V. 684; AUibone. 



Silliard, Zancke (fl. 1640). Apothecary, Dublin. Sent J)rosera 

 anglica to Parkinson ; ' Theatr.,' 1053. 



Sim, Robert (c. 1828-82) : b. Kent, 1828 ? ; d. Foot's Cray, 

 Kent, Sept., 1882. Nurseryman. Knew Brit. Ferns well. 

 ' Catalogue British Ferns and Varieties,' 1863. Gard. Chron. 

 1882, ii. 472. 



Simmonds, Thomas Williams (d. 1804) : b. Dartford?, Kent ; 

 d. Trinidad, 1804. Of Settle. Surgeon. Naturalist to Lord 

 Seaforth, Governor of Barbadoes, 1803. Windsor's ' Flora 

 Cravoniensis,' dedication & viii. E. S. C. v. 700. Simmond- 

 sia Nutt. 



Simmonite, William Joseph (fl. 1840-54). Of Sheffield. 

 ' Medical Botany,' 1848. Jacks. 202 ; E. S. C. v. 700 ; Alli- 

 bone. 



Sims, John (1749-1831) : b. Canterbury, 1749 ; d. Dorking, 

 1831. M.D. Bdin., 1774; F.L.S., 1788. Studied at Leyden, 

 1773-4. Settled in London, 1779. Edited ' Annals of Bot.' 

 with Konig, 1805-6, and 'Bot. Mag.,' vols. xiv.-xUi. Plants 

 in Herb. Kew. Jacks. 606 ; E. S. C. v. 707 ; Gard. Chron, 

 1887, i. 641. Private etched portr. by Mrs. Dawson Turner. 

 Engr. (medallion) portr., 1817, in Ann. Bot. i. Simsia Br. 



Sinclair, Andrew (d. 1861) : drowned in E. Eangitata, New 

 Zealand, 26 March, 1861. M.D. F.L.S., 1857. Assistant 



