Name George Sowerby | Grandparents James Sowerby | |
Role George Brettingham Sowerby I's son Died July 26, 1884, Wood Green, United Kingdom Parents George Brettingham Sowerby I Books A Conchological Manual, Illustrated Index of British Sh, Shells of the World, Monograph of the Genera S | ||
George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812 – 26 July 1884) was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist. Together with his father, George Brettingham Sowerby I, he published the Thesaurus Conchyliorum and other illustrated works on molluscs. He was a elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society on 7 May 1844. He was the father of George Brettingham Sowerby III, also a malacologist.
The shell craze was further hyped with the publication of British Conchology, a five volume set of books written by the lawyer John Gwyn Jeffreys (1809–1885) and which managed to combine scientific exactitude with delicate, informative historical commentary. Published between 1862 and 1869, and beautifully illustrated by the conchological artist George Sowerby (1812–1884), British Conchology would not be bettered during the Victorian era and it remains a useable and readable resource to this day.