James Backhouse

Not to be confused with James Backhouse Walker or James Backhouse (botanist, 1825–1890).
See also [1] Archived 25 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine for two other James Backhouse botanists and nursery owners of York.

James Backhouse (8 July 1794 – 20 January 1869) was a botanist and missionary for the Quaker church in Australia.[1] His son, also James Backhouse (1825–1890), was also a botanist.[2]

Australia

For his legacy, in 1964 the Australia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) instituted a lecture series, as explained in the introduction to the third in the series given by Rudi Lemberg in 1966.[3]

England

James Backhouse was honoured by having the plant genus Backhousia named after him, all species are endemic to Australia.

In 2017 a commemorative plaque was unveiled at 92 Micklegate, York, once the home of the Backhouse brothers, and now of the York Conservation Trust. This was the result of a collaboration between the York Civic Trust, The York Conservation Trust, and the Yorkshire Gardens Trust. From 1859, he lived at Holgate House.[4]

Family

James Backhouse was the third of five consecutive generations named James Backhouse, so they are also often mentioned with generational suffix ordinals:

  1. His grandfather James Backhouse (1) (1720–1798), who was the founder of Backhouse's Bank;
  2. His father James Backhouse (2) (1757–1804);
  3. James Backhouse (3) (1794–1869) himself;
  4. His son James Backhouse (4) (1825–1890), who was a notable botanist; and
  5. His grandson James Backhouse (5) (1861–1945), who was the author of A handbook of European birds (1890) and other publications.


After his return from Australia in 1841, James (3) made trips to Norway, to do his missionary work, but also to collect plants, together with his son James (4).[5]

References

  1. ^ Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (1970–1990). Biographisch-bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon. Vol. 31. Traugott Bautz. Hamm. pp. 35–39. ISBN 3-88309-040-9. OCLC 291776.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Ray Desmond: Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists. Talyor & Francis, 1994, ISBN 0-85066-843-3, p. 31.
  3. ^ Meredith Richard, Presiding Clerk, Australia Yearly Meeting. The 1966 James Backhouse Lecture, Seeking in an Age of Imbalance, presented by Rudi Lemberg.
  4. ^ An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York, Volume 3, South west. HMSO. 1972. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. ^ Gardens (en), Parks and (21 October 1825). "James Backhouse (4)". Parks & Gardens. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  6. ^ International Plant Names Index. Backh.
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