What is George Brettingham Sowerby I?
{{Infobox scientist |name = George Brettingham Sowerby I |image = Conchological Manual Plate 001.jpg |caption = |birth_date = 12 August 1788 |birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1854|07|26|1788|8|12}} |death_place = |nationality = [[British people|British]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[Conchology]], [[malacology]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = Sby., Sowerby |influences = |influenced = |prizes = |religion = |footnotes = |signature = }} '''George Brettingham Sowerby I''' (12 August 1788 – 26 July 1854) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[natural history|naturalist]], illustrator, and [[Conchology|conchologist]] (expert on shells). He was the second son of [[James Sowerby]]. With his brother [[James De Carle Sowerby]] he continued his father's work on [[fossil]] shells. They published the last parts of the ''Mineral Conchology of Great Britain''. Sowerby published about 50 papers on [[mollusc]]s and started several comprehensive, illustrated books on the subject, the most important the ''Thesaurus Conchyliorum'', a work that was continued by his son, [[George Brettingham Sowerby II]] and his grandson [[George Brettingham Sowerby III]]. == Works == Partial list * ''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mturtle/Conchological_Manual A Conchological Manual]'' (1839) * ''Thesaurus Conchyliorum'' * ''Illustrated Index of British Shells'' (1859) == Related pages == *[[Sowerby family]] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sowerby, George Brettingham, I}} [[Category:1788 births]] [[Category:1854 deaths]] [[Category:British zoologists]] [[Category:Sowerby family]] [[Category:English naturalists]] [[Category:British illustrators]]