Richard Thomas Lowe

Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) was an English scientist, a botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist, and a clergyman. In 1825 he graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, and in the same year he took holy orders.[1] In 1832 he became a clergyman in the Madeira Islands, where he was also a part-time naturalist, extensively studying the local flora and fauna. He wrote a book on the Madeiran flora. He died in 1874 when the ship he was on was wrecked off the Scilly Isles.

Richard Thomas Lowe
Born	1802
Died	1874 Scilly Isles
Nationality	English
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge
Scientific career
Fields	botany, ichthyology, malacology

Taxa

Lowe named and described numerous molluscan taxa, including:

• Caseolus, a land snail genus and eight species within it
• Lemniscia, a land snail genus and two species within it

References

• "Lowe, Richard Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Notes

1. "Lowe, Richard Thomas (LW821RT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. IPNI.  Lowe.