Arthur Henfrey (1 November 1819 – 7 September 1859) was an English surgeon and botanist. Arthur Henfrey Maull Polyblank

Life

Henfrey was born of English parents at

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on 1 November 1819. He studied medicine and surgery at

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, London, and was admitted a member of the

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in 1843. Poor health caused him to give up his medical career. In 1847 Henfrey lectured on plants at the medical school of

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. He then succeeded

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in the botanical chair at King's College London in 1853; and was examiner in natural history to the Royal Military Academy and also to the

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. He was elected an associate of the

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in 1843, and a fellow in the next year. In 1852 he was elected a fellow of the

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. Henfrey died at

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on 7 September 1859. The genus ''Henfreya'' of

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, of the Acanthaceæ, was merged into the ''

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'' of Blume.

Works

Henfrey wrote: * ''Anatomical Manipulations'', 1844, with Alfred Tulk.
''Outlines of Structural and Physiological Botany''
1847.
''Reports and Papers on Botany''
Ray Society, 1849. * ''The Rudiments of Botany'', 1849; 2nd edit. 1859. * ''The Vegetation of Europe, its Conditions and Causes'', 1852. * ''The Relations of Botanical Science to other Branches of Knowledge'', 1854. * ''Introductory Address, King's College, London'', 1856. * ''An Elementary Course of Botany'', 1857; fourth ed. 1884. * ''On the Educational Claims of Botanical Science'', 1857. He translated: * ''On Vegetable Cells'', by

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; for the Ray Society, 1846. * ''Chemical Field Lectures'', by

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, 1847. * ''The Earth, Plants, and Man'', by

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, 1847.
''The Plant''
by

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, 1848. * ''Principles of the Anatomy of the Vegetable Cell'', by

Hugo von Mohl Hugo von Mohl FFRS HFRSE (8 April 1805 – 1 April 1872) was a German botanist from Stuttgart. He was the first person to use the word "protoplasm". Life He was a son of the Württemberg statesman Benjamin Ferdinand von Mohl (1766–1845) ...

, 1851. * In: ''Botanical and physiological memoirs…'', 1853: *
''The phenomenon of rejuvenescence in nature, especially in the life and development of plants''
by

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. Henfrey also edited: * ''

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'' (New Series, Natural History), 1837, with

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. * ''The Botanical Gazette'', 1849. * ''Journal of the Photographic Society'', vols. i. and ii., 1853. * ''Micrographic Dictionary'', 1854, with

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. * A revised and enlarged edition of

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's ''Anatomy of the British Ferns'', 1855.

Family

Henfrey married Elizabeth Anne Henry, eldest daughter of the Hon.

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. She survived her husband for more than 40 years, and died 86 years old at Hanworth House,

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, on 10 October 1902.

Henry William Henfrey Henry William Henfrey (1852–1881) was an English numismatist. Life Born in London on 5 July 1852, he was eldest son of Arthur Henfrey, and was educated at Brighton College. He was prevented by an accident from going on to the University of O ...

the numismatist was their son.

References

;Attribution

External links

Digitized works by or about Arthur Henfrey
at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Henfrey, Arthur 1819 births 1859 deaths Academics of King's College London English surgeons English botanists Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Linnean Society of London