Surf Wiki
Save to docs
people/1730s

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Henry de Ponthieu

Henry de Ponthieu (14 February 1731 – 10 December 1808) was a London merchant of Huguenot ancestry who collected fish and plant specimens from the West Indies for botanist Joseph Banks. The orchid genus Ponthieva was named by botanist Robert Brown in his honour.

References

References

  1. "Henry De Ponthieu, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"". Family Search.
  2. (1841). "A topographical history of Surrey, by E.W. Brayley assisted by J. Britton and E.W. Brayley, jun. The geological section by G. Mantell".
  3. Thorne, R.G.. (1986). "The House of Commons 1790-1820". Boydell & Brewer.
  4. Wilkes, John. (1826). "Encyclopaedia Londinensis".
Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1731-births 1808-deaths plant-collectors merchants-from-london
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Henry de Ponthieu — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report