- Hugh Cuming
Hugh Cuming (14 February, 1791 - 10 August, 1865) was an English naturalist and
conchologist . He has been described as the 'Prince of Collectors'.Cuming was born at West Alvington in
Devon , and emigrated toChile at the age of 28. He began collecting shells in the South Pacific region in 1821, returning to England in 1831. Between 1836 and 1839 he visited thePhilippines .Cuming's collection of 82,992 specimens was purchased by the
Natural History Museum in 1866 for £6,000. Many important conchological works were based on this collection, including Reeve's "Conchologia Iconica" (1843-1878, 20 volumes) and the Sowerbys' "Thesaurus Conchyliorum" (1842-1887, five volumes)."
Cibotium cumingii " is named after Cuming. [cite book|title=Tree Ferns|author=Mark F. Large and John E. Braggins|date=2004|publisher=Timber Press|id=ISBN 0881926302]References
External links
* [http://www.orchids.co.in/orchidologists/hugh-cuming.shtm Hugh Cuming] Hugh Cuming's work on orchids
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