Books author - "George Brettingham Sowerby"
George Brettingham Sowerby I (12 August 1788 β 26 July 1854) was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist. He was the second son of James Sowerby. Together with his brother James De Carle Sowerby he continued their father's work on fossil shells, publishing the latter parts of the Mineral Conchology of Great Britain. He published about 50 papers on molluscs and started several comprehensive, illustrated books on the subject, the most important the Thesaurus Conchyliorum, a work that
George Brettingham Sowerby I (12 August 1788 β 26 July 1854) was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist. He was the second son of James Sowerby. Together with his brother James De Carle Sowerby he continued their father's work on fossil shells, publishing the latter parts of the Mineral Conchology of Great Britain. He published about 50 papers on molluscs and started several comprehensive, illustrated books on the subject, the most important the Thesaurus Conchyliorum, a work that